North British Locomotive Company – Works No 27336   3476  

This locomotive was built by the North British Locomotive Company and entered service with SAR as a class 25 locomotive in 1950s. It was rebuilt as a class 25NC none condensing locomotive in the 1970s.

The locomotive is now believed to be stored at Waterval Boven locomotive depot. Waterval Boven is a small town situated on the edge of the banks of the Elands River above the 75m Elands Falls on the railway line from Pretoria to Maputo in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Hence the name, which is Dutch for above the waterfall.

The locomotive is attached to a type EW2 Worshond tender leased by Ian Welch. The locomotive is owned by the Heritage Trust Foundation and leased to Mainline Steam.

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