Dübs and Company Works No 3318 – NGR 90 & SAR 136 & 1426 Umbilo

This class A locomotive was built by Dübs and Company in Glasgow in 1895 for the Natal Government Railways (NGR) where it carried the number NGR 90.

It later became SAR number 136 in 1912 following the establishment of the South African Railways (SAR).

The locomotive is one of the twenty-one that was modified in 1926 by removing the trailing bissel bogie and coal bunker, shortening the main frame and adding a tender to increase the coal and water capacity. This was done as the SAR was short of suitable shunting locomotives. As a result of the modification the locomotive was reclassified as a class 17 engine and renumbered 1426.

The locomotive carries the name Umbilo.

It is based at the Umgeni Steam Railway.

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