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1897 in South Africa

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1897
in
South Africa

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1897 in South Africa.

Incumbents

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Events

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April
May
December
Unknown date

Births

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Deaths

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Railways

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Railway lines opened

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CGR 4th Class
SAR Class 6B
PPR 35 Tonner Portuguese

Locomotives

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Cape

Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR):

Transvaal

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 183, ref. no. 200954-13
  2. ^ Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.
  3. ^ a b c Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 46–47, 57–59, 118–119. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
  4. ^ Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 137–138. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  5. ^ Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 8, 12, 14, 30-31 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
  6. ^ a b Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 41–44, 100–101. ISBN 0869772112.