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Date: 1926 Type: Locomotive Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 25°40'00.05" S 27°15'06.13" E Alt: 1160m

Extant but put out to pasture. Transcription of English section of plaque: SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAY MUSEUM LOCOMOTIVE NO. 2055 IS ONE OF THE 84 CLASS 15 CA STEAM LOCOMOTIVES WHICH WERE USED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS. YEAR BUILT PLACED IN SERVICE WITHDRAWN FROM SERVICE BUILDERS PURCHASE PRICE MASS IN WORKING ORDER TRACTIVE EFFORT (CALCULATED AT 75% BOILER PRESSURE) WATER CAPACITY COAL CAPACITY DATE MOUNTED : 1926 : 1926 : 1974 : AMERICAN LOCO. CO. : R 16 309.20 : 176 TONS : 88 KILONEWTONS : 27 279 LITRES : 14,2 TONS : NOVEMBER 1976 OFFICIALLY HANDED OVER TO THE COMMUNITY OF RUSTENBURG BY MR. J.M. OELOFSEN, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER ON 25 NOVEMBER 1976 AND ACCEPTED BY THE MAYOR COUNCILLOR A.V. COMBRINK