– Klipplaat to Willowmore, . 1 August – Cape Western – Sir Lowry's Pass Village to Caledon, . 15 November – Cape Western – Moorreesburg to Eendekuil, . Locomotives Cape Four new Cape gauge and three narrow gauge locomotive types enter service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR): Fourteen 6th Class bar framed 4-6-0 passenger steam locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 6J on the South African Railways (SAR). The last ten 7th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives on the Eastern System. In 1912 they will be designated Class 7C on the SAR. The first thirteen of twenty-three 8th Class Mastodon locomotives on the Western, Midland and Eastern Systems. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8 on the SAR. A single experimental "Consolidation" type tandem compound steam locomotive, in 1912 designated Class Experimental 2 on the SAR. Three Type A 2-6-0 Mogul type steam locomotives, later to become Class NG7 on the SAR, on the Hopefield narrow gauge branchline that is being constructed from Kalbaskraal. Two Type A 2-6-4T Adriatic type narrow gauge locomotives on construction service on the new Avontuur branch that is being built out of Port Elizabeth through the Langkloof. A single Type C 0-4-0 narrow gauge tank steam locomotive named Midget on the Avontuur branch. Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service with the East London and Table Bay Harbour Boards: Two 0-6-0 saddle-tank locomotives enter shunting service at the East London Harbour. Eleven 2-6-0 saddle-tank locomotives enter harbour shunting service in Table Bay Harbour. Natal The Natal Government Railways places ten Class F Baltic type tank steam locomotives in service, the first known locomotive in the world to be designed and built as a Baltic. In 1912 they will be designated Class E on the SAR. The Natal Harbours Department places a single saddle-tank locomotive named Congella in service as harbour shunter in Durban Harbour. The Zululand Railway Company, contractors for the construction of the North Coast line from Verulam to the Tugela River, acquires two 2-6-0 Mogul type tender locomotives as construction engines, later to be designated Class I on the NGR. Transvaal The Imperial Military Railways places forty Cape 8th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives in service. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8A on the SAR. References South Africa Years in South Africa