The engineer poses in his 1910 Baldwin built 0-6-0 switcher in Villa Grove, IL. The entire B-4 class was retired over the period between 1934-48. Sid Davies photo
In 1949 and 1950 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 24 branch line locomotives with a 2-8-4 Berkshire wheel arrangement in service. The locomotive was designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer Dr. M.M. Loubser, built by North British Locomotive Company and numbered in the range from 3601 to 3700. The cast engine main frames and the Buckeye bogies for the tenders were supplied by General Steel Castings of Eddystone, Pennsylvania and they were built with Watson Standard no. 1 boilers and Vanderbilt torpedo type tenders that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies.
This stylish Boston & Maine loco was built by Alco in 1913 and was a class P-2b. After serving nearly 42 years, it was scrapped in June of 1955. This picture was taken in June of 1930.