The NBL Group has told RailAdvent that their RSH 19D 4-8-2 steam locomotive No. 2767 has been on the road moving from Creighton to Pretoria in South Africa.
The group has entered a load agreement with the Mpumalanga Rail Company who will be restoring the locomotive and will be using it for 10 years after the locomotive enters service.
The locomotive is being taken to Wonder Steam Trains for the work to be carried out and will then move to Middelburg where the Mpumalanga Rail Company.
After three years of storage at Creighton, this move is seen as a new lease of life for the locomotive.
The locomotive was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns, who also had locomotive works in Darlington and Newcastle.
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Ik hoop dat de trein na knysna weer gaat rijden. Door de lagune en langs de kust.
Ik ben in de 3 rijtuigen geweest die nog in knysna staan vorig jaar.
I hope the train will run again after knysna. Through the lagoon and along the coast.
I have been in the 3 carriages that are still in knysna last year.
Always glad to hear something from African steam…
; )
It is great to see 2767 new lease of life. What a story this will be.
Look forward to the book and DVD.
Not just the story of it in South Africa but also it’s Birth place as well.