North British Locomotive Company Works No 18980 – CSAR 674 & SAR 756

This locomotive was built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow in 1910 for the Central South African Railways (CSAR) where it entered service as number 674.

For details of class10BR locomotives go to  Class 10BR 

On the establishment of the South African Railways (SAR) it became SAR number 756.

It was originally classed by the SAR as a class 10B locomotive but this was changed to 10BR following the fitting of a Watson Standard no. 1 boiler in the 1930s.

The locomotive is owned by the Transport Heritage Foundation (THF) and is at Kroonstad Station.

North British 18980 SA^ 756. This loco was supplied new to the colliery at Largo Colliery Ltd – August 1978

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