page_title: CSAR Class E 4-10-2T
section_title: Manufacturers
hierarchical_section_title: CSAR Class E 4-10-2T / Manufacturers
caption_attribution_description: English: George William Reid, Natal Government Railways Locomotive Superintendent (1896-1902)
context_page_description: The Central South African Railways Class E 4-10-2T of 1901 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal.
  In 1901 and 1902, during the Second Boer War, the Imperial Military Railways placed 35 tank locomotives with a 4-10-2T wheel arrangement in service, built to the design of the Reid Tenwheeler of the Natal Government Railways. In 1902, they came onto the roster of the Central South African Railways and were designated Class E.
context_section_description: In 1901, during the Second Boer War, the Imperial Military Railways (IMR) of the invading British forces experienced a shortage of locomotives as a result of damage caused during hostilities and the transportation demands of the British Military. Lieutenant-Colonel E.P.C. Girouard KCMG DSO RE, the Commissioner of Railways for the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, therefore placed urgent orders for 35 locomotives of the NGR's Reid Tenwheeler type.
  To ensure rapid delivery, the order was split between Dübs and Company, who built engine numbers 220 to 234, and Neilson, Reid and Company, who built numbers 235 to 254.
caption: G.W. Reid
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