1926 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1926 in South Africa.

1926
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

March
October

Births

Railways

Railway lines opened

  • 18 January Transvaal Villiers, Free State to Grootvlei, 19 miles 39 chains (31.4 kilometres).[1]
  • 7 June Free State Harrismith to Warden, 35 miles 33 chains (57.0 kilometres).[1]
  • 18 August Cape Upington to Kakamas (Narrow gauge), 54 miles 63 chains (88.2 kilometres).[1]
  • 1 September Cape Addo to Sunland, 6 miles 1 chain (9.7 kilometres).[1]
  • 15 September Natal Mtubatuba to Candover, 110 miles 70 chains (178.4 kilometres).[1]
  • 19 November Cape Katberg to Seymour (Narrow gauge), 9 miles 30 chains (15.1 kilometres).[1]
  • 22 November Transvaal Citrus to Plaston, 17 miles 48 chains (28.3 kilometres).[1]
  • 8 December Cape Klawer to Landplaas, 50 miles 37 chains (81.2 kilometres).[1]

Locomotives

Three Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):

References

  1. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 189, ref. no. 200954-13
  2. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 26–27, 61–62, 68, 97. ISBN 0869772112.
  3. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 46, 49–51. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  4. South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended
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