SAR Class 5R Number Plate (Plaster Cast Replica) - South African Railways
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Product details
This a very authentic plaster cast replica of Class 5R Steam Locomotive - SAR No. 781 number plate, in very good condition. It may have been a clock at some stage - see photo below and was produced for and sold by the old SAR Museum which is now no more.
SAR No. 781 was the ONLY Class 5 to be reboilered. All Class 5 Steam Locomotives were withdrawn from service by 1942 except No. 781 who ended her working days at Germiston in 1969. Information as per Locomotives Of The South African Railways - Leith Paxton & David Bourne.
More information on the Class 5 / 5R with a photo of No. 781 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Class_5_4-6-2 (Information prepared by Col. André Kritzinger)
This is a conventionally sized legitimate replica.
Postage - Please enquire at the close of the auction as door to door courier service for this item is suggested.
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