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Mittal Steel South Africa. ArcelorMittal South Africa is part of the steel company Arcelor-Mittal. [1][2] The company was originally Iscor Ltd., a South African parastatal steel company. It was founded in 1928 and was first listed on the JSE Securities Exchange in 1989.
Delivered. 1952-1953. First run. 1952. Withdrawn. 1985. The 3rd coupled axle had flangeless wheels. The South African Railways Class S2 0-8-0 of 1952 was a steam locomotive. In 1952 and 1953, the South African Railways placed one hundred Class S2 shunting steam locomotives with a 0-8-0 wheel arrangement in service. [ 1][ 2]
South Africa's second mainline electric locomotive type, the Class 2E, entered service in Natal in 1937, intended for mixed traffic haulage. The electrical equipment was designed by Siemens-Schuckert of Berlin and the three locomotives were built for the South African Railways (SAR) by Henschel and Son in Germany. Numbered in the range from ...
1936. The South African Railways Class NG2 0-4-2ST of 1897 was a narrow-gauge steam locomotive from the pre- Union era in Transvaal. Between 1897 and 1901, Arthur Koppel, acting as agent, imported a number of Dickson-built 0-4-2 ST narrow-gauge steam locomotives for mines on the Witwatersrand. In 1915, when an urgent need arose for additional ...
South Africa's white population increased to over 3,408,000 by 1965, reached 4,050,000 in 1973, and peaked at 5,044,000 in 1990. [18] Density of White South Africans by district in 1922. The number of white South Africans resident in their home country began gradually declining between 1990 and the mid-2000s as a result of increased emigration ...
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [14] [15] [16] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini.
The South African Railways Class 21 2-10-4 of 1937 was a class of steam locomotives used in South Africa. In 1937, the South African Railways placed a single Class 21 steam locomotive with a 2-10-4 Texas type wheel arrangement in service, designed as a mixed traffic locomotive suitable for use on light rail.
Water cap. The South African Railways Class 2C 4-6-2 of 1910 was a steam locomotive from the pre- Union era in the Colony of Natal . In 1910, the Natal Government Railways placed two Class A steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in service, built in their Durban workshops. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into ...