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The South African Railways Class 6H 4-6-0 of 1901 is a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1901 twenty-one 6th Class 4-6-0 steam locomotives were placed in service by the Cape Government Railways, built to the older 6th Class designs with plate frames. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to .〔Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 8, 12, 14, 32-33 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)〕 ==Manufacturer== The Cape 6th Class was designed at the Salt River works of the Cape Government Railways (CGR) at the same time as the 7th Class. Whereas the 7th Class was conceived primarily as a goods locomotive, the 6th Class was intended to be its fast passenger service counterpart.〔 These twenty-one 6th Class locomotives that were placed in service by the CGR in 1901 were built by Neilson, Reid and Company. With these locomotives, CGR Chief Locomotive Superintendent H.M. Beatty kept to the older plate frame design, but fitted the larger type of cab. These locomotives also reverted to the diameter cylinders that were used on all previous 6th Class locomotives with the exception of the Class 6G. Another similarity to the early 6th Class locomotives was the visually obvious distinguishing feature of lower running boards with fairings or splashers over the coupled wheels.〔〔 Upon delivery, nine of them were numbered in the range from 278 to 286 and allocated to the Western System of the CGR. The other twelve were numbered in the range from 601 to 612 for the Midland System, but later renumbered in the range from 541 to 552.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South African Class 6H 4-6-0」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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