Gamtoos to Patensie (Narrow gauge), . 6 April – Cape – Caledon to Klipdale, . 5 May – Transvaal – Lilliput to Messina, . 18 May – Transvaal – Sabie to Graskop, . 25 May – Transvaal – Cranbourne to Modderbee, . September – Natal – Newleigh to Estcourt deviation, . 21 December – Transvaal – Bethal to Morgenzon, . Locomotives Six new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR): Forty-one Class 14A 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives. Ten Class 15 Mountain type locomotives. The first of 119 Class 15A 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives. Twelve Class 16 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger steam locomotives. Fifteen Class MC1 2-6-6-0 Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives. Only two of the ten Class MJ 2-6-6-0 Mallet compound locomotives ordered from German manufacturer Maffei before the outbreak of World War I disrupts further delivery. References South Africa Years in South Africa History of South Africa