page_title: South African Class 25NC 4-8-4
section_title: Manufacturers
hierarchical_section_title: South African Class 25NC 4-8-4 / Manufacturers
caption_attribution_description: English: SAR Class 25NC 3410 (4-8-4) Builder's Number: NBL 27296 Location: Springfontein, Free State
context_page_description: The South African Railways Class 25NC 4-8-4 of 1953 was a steam locomotive.
  Between 1953 and 1955, the South African Railways placed fifty Class 25NC steam locomotives with a 4-8-4 Northern type wheel arrangement in service. The Class 25NC was the non-condensing version of the Class 25 condensing locomotive, of which ninety were placed in service at the same time. Between 1973 and 1980, all but three of the condensing locomotives were converted to non-condensing and also designated Class 25NC.
context_section_description: The Class 25NC non-condensing and Class 25 condensing 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotives were designed by the South African Railways (SAR) under the direction of LC Grubb, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the SAR from 1949 to 1954, in conjunction with Henschel & Son of Kassel in Germany who designed the condensing apparatus and the condensing tender of the Class 25 sister locomotive. Between 1953 and 1955,eleven Class 25NC locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) and numbered in the range from 3401 to 3411 while 39 locomotives were built by Henschel and numbered in the range from 3412 to 3450.
caption: 3410 Paula at Springfontein c. 1995
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