The South African Class 8A 4-8-0 of 1902 is a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Transvaal.In 1902 the Imperial Military Railways placed forty Cape Eighth Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives in service. In that same year when the Central South African Railways was established they were designated Class 8-L1. In 1912 when they were assimilated into the South African Railways they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 8A.
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