4 August – Transvaal –
Tzaneen to
Soekmekaar, 55 miles 16 chains (88.8 kilometres).[2]
16 August – Natal – Paddock to
Izingolweni (Narrow gauge), 11 miles 72 chains (19.2 kilometres).[2]
5 October – Natal – Schroeders to Bruyns Hill, 14 miles 76 chains (24.1 kilometres).[2]
15 November – Cape – Birdfield to
Klawer, 1 mile 26 chains (2.1 kilometres).[2]
29 November – Cape – Motkop to New England, 19 miles 63 chains (31.8 kilometres).[2]
1 December – Cape –
Carnarvon to
Williston, 85 miles 6 chains (136.9 kilometres).[2]
Locomotives
Narrow gauge
Two narrow gauge locomotive types enter service in South Africa:
Thirteen out-of-service
Mozambican Falcon
4-4-0 narrow gauge tender steam locomotives are acquired by the Union Defence Force for use in
South Africa to replace narrow gauge South African Railways (SAR) locomotives that are being commandeered for the war effort in
German South West Africa. They will later be designated
Class NG6 on the SAR.[3][4]
The first of six narrow gauge
4-6-0 steam locomotives enter service on the
Avontuur Railway. They will later be designated
Class NG9 by the SAR.[4]
In May six Rhodesian 7th Class 4-8-0 locomotives are purchased by the SAR and reclassified, five of them to
Class 7D and the remaining one to
Class 7B.[4][5][6]
^
abcdefghijklStatement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 187, ref. no. 200954-13
^Railway Modelling Scene, South Africa, May/June 1985, article written by Neill Mardell
^
abcdefPaxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 46–48, 58, 65–66, 87, 103–104, 110.
ISBN0869772112.
^Pattison, R.G. (1997). The Cape Seventh Class Locomotives (1st ed.). Kenilworth, Cape Town: The Railway History Group. pp. 10–12, 25–33.
ISBN0958400946.
^
abcdHolland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles. pp. 30–33.
ISBN978-0-7153-5427-8.
^Durrant, AE (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott:
David & Charles. pp. 63–64.
ISBN0715386387.
4 August – Transvaal –
Tzaneen to
Soekmekaar, 55 miles 16 chains (88.8 kilometres).[2]
16 August – Natal – Paddock to
Izingolweni (Narrow gauge), 11 miles 72 chains (19.2 kilometres).[2]
5 October – Natal – Schroeders to Bruyns Hill, 14 miles 76 chains (24.1 kilometres).[2]
15 November – Cape – Birdfield to
Klawer, 1 mile 26 chains (2.1 kilometres).[2]
29 November – Cape – Motkop to New England, 19 miles 63 chains (31.8 kilometres).[2]
1 December – Cape –
Carnarvon to
Williston, 85 miles 6 chains (136.9 kilometres).[2]
Locomotives
Narrow gauge
Two narrow gauge locomotive types enter service in South Africa:
Thirteen out-of-service
Mozambican Falcon
4-4-0 narrow gauge tender steam locomotives are acquired by the Union Defence Force for use in
South Africa to replace narrow gauge South African Railways (SAR) locomotives that are being commandeered for the war effort in
German South West Africa. They will later be designated
Class NG6 on the SAR.[3][4]
The first of six narrow gauge
4-6-0 steam locomotives enter service on the
Avontuur Railway. They will later be designated
Class NG9 by the SAR.[4]
In May six Rhodesian 7th Class 4-8-0 locomotives are purchased by the SAR and reclassified, five of them to
Class 7D and the remaining one to
Class 7B.[4][5][6]
^
abcdefghijklStatement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 187, ref. no. 200954-13
^Railway Modelling Scene, South Africa, May/June 1985, article written by Neill Mardell
^
abcdefPaxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 46–48, 58, 65–66, 87, 103–104, 110.
ISBN0869772112.
^Pattison, R.G. (1997). The Cape Seventh Class Locomotives (1st ed.). Kenilworth, Cape Town: The Railway History Group. pp. 10–12, 25–33.
ISBN0958400946.
^
abcdHolland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles. pp. 30–33.
ISBN978-0-7153-5427-8.
^Durrant, AE (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott:
David & Charles. pp. 63–64.
ISBN0715386387.