SAR Steam Engine, 15F, 19F and 19D.

I am a styrene scratch modeller and I am building the steam engine 19F as a complete static model. I have been given some plans but now I am stuck as just cannot fathom out the front bogie arrangement. I have searched all over but to no avail and will have stop this building this model if I do not find any info on the above steam engine.

Is there perhaps any of your members who might have any, any info on this engine. Any info in the form photos or drawings will greatly be appreciated. I am prepared to purchase if have to.

Thank you.

Charles.

Hi Charles,
You can get the full size drawings of many of the South African Railway locomotives from SAR Steam.
They are apparently scanned and cleaned up from the original drawings. Amongst the listed drawings I see a number of drawings for both classes 15 and 19 variants.

I have not purchased any of the drawings myself, but I have downloaded some of the sample pages and the quality seems good. At US$20 per set downloaded, considering that for example the 19D drawings comprises of 356 pages, I don't think that they are too exorbitant.

Clive

Is this a typo? As far as I can find out the 19 series ended with class 19D, not 19F.

Neil

I am doing drawings and producing parts for the SAR 15F in 5" gauge working from the original drawings.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/247758978746024/

Neil,
I guess it must be a typo; "Steam Locomotives Of The South African Railroads" by D.F Holland regarded as the definitive work on SAR locomotives, shows the 19D as the last of the 19 series.

Ennech,
Your 15F is coming on very nicely,, do you plan on selling drawings and castings?
When I finish my current loco, which is also my first, a 5" gauge Railmotor, and probably still a few years to completion, I am hoping to build a SAR engine.

Clive

I have sent you a pm Clive,

Eric