Rhodesian 7th Class South African Class 7D 4-8-0

h.m. beatty

between 1899 , 1903, 52 such cape 7th class 4-8-0 steam locomotives built beira , mashonaland , rhodesia railways (bmr), later rhodesia railways (rr). these locomotives acquired southern rhodesia @ time when railways still expanding south africa via bechuanaland protectorate southern rhodesia in southwest, , beira in mozambique umtali in east, , while second boer war in progress. @ time, system composed of several smaller railways, still largely under construction, linked in 1902. these were:

the fledgling bechuanaland railways (br), still being operated cape government railways (cgr), vryburg via mafeking in cape colony bulawayo in southern rhodesia.
the mashonaland railways (mr), operated in southern rhodesia bulawayo umtali in east.
the rhodesia railways northern extensions (rrm), operated north , east of bulawayo, towards northern rhodesia.
the beira , mashonaland , rhodesia railways (bmr), operated between umtali in southern rhodesia , beira in mozambique.




^ espitalier, t.j.; day, w.a.j. (1944). locomotive in south africa - brief history of railway development. chapter ii - cape government railways (continued). south african railways , harbours magazine, january 1944. pp. 9-10.
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