Robert Stephenson & Company Works No 3543 – SAR 1701

This locomotive was built by the Robert Stephenson & Company in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1913 for the South African Railways (SAR).

It entered service as a class 14 locomotive but following being refitted with a Watson boiler it was reclassified as a class 14R engine.

After being taken out of service with the SAR it was sold for industrial use and became Apex Colliery No 5 at Greenside. Still working there in the mid 1990s.

14R 1701 Durban Greyville MPD 20.9.73

The locomotive is privately preserved at Greenside Colliery.

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