ORIGINAL BRASS SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS NUMBER PLATE *** R1 START *** NO RESERVE!!!

ORIGINAL BRASS SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS NUMBER PLATE

CLASS 24

SIZE OF PLATE IS 530mm by 370mm

VERY RARE!!!

The South African Class 24 2-8-4 “Berkshire” type steam locomotive was designed by Dr. M.M. Loubser, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the South African Railways (SAR) from 1939 to 1949. It had a one piece steel main frame cast integrally with the cylinders, including the cylinder hind covers, smokebox support frame, stays and various brackets, all of which would normally be separate items riveted or bolted onto the frames. Advantages of this arrengement are reduced maintenance and less time spent in shops. It was the first South African steam locomotive to be built using this technique. They were built with Watson Standard no. 1 boilers and they used Vanderbilt type tenders that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies.                                            - (Quoted from Wikipedia)

SHIPPING:

TIME FREIGHT ( DOOR TO DOOR) - R300