Shortly after being appointed as his successor in 1896, H.M. Beatty drew up detailed designs for a new passenger locomotive for suburban service in Cape Town and placed an order for six of these engines with Neilson and Company in Glasgow.
H.M. Beatty drew up detailed designs for a new passenger locomotive for suburban service in Cape Town. H.M. Beatty placed an order for six of these engines with Neilson and Company in Glasgow. H.M. Beatty was being appointed as his successor in 1896.