South African Railway 15 F # 2963

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PATRICK NOLAN
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South African Railway 15 F # 2963

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Hello, First of all, I'm new to this website. Was wondering if anyone had some information on a 15 F No. 2963 SAR Locomotive, is it preseved? does anyone have some photos? This is a great site, with lots of information - will keep me busy for some time I'm sure. Many thanks.
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Re: South African Railway 15 F # 2963

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Patrick, welcome to the FOTR forum and I look forward to more posts from you. I'm 99% certain that someone on this forum will be able to give you information on 2963 - Dylan, Gabor, Nathan and other experts haven't failed us yet!
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Thank you John, looking forward to any replies. Regards
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Dylan Knott
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Re: South African Railway 15 F # 2963

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15F 2963 was staged at Bloemfontein, but was cut up in 2007.
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Hi, any idea who I could contact to find some pictures of her?
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Re: South African Railway 15 F # 2963

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Roger Siviter's book "Focus on South African Steam" has several black and white shots of this loco working on the Bethlehem line. Actually, if you look at the Sandstone website you will find some of them as they are shown alongside narrow gauge pics....
www.sandstone-estates.com

She was a clean Bloemfontein loco in the seventies.
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Sorry gents, I'm not in a position to add much to this thread, because I never had the ability to see Bloemfontein, when steam was still in operation there!

However I can concur with Dylans' comment above!

All I can add, is that 2963 belong to the 3rd batch of 15Fs' (5 batches built), built by North British Locomotive Company (1939) and was mechanically fired.
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Re: South African Railway 15 F # 2963

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Wow, thats great information, you guys are great! much appreciated. Pat
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