Originally designed as an express passenger engine, many of the members of this class spent the last years of their working lives working freight trains between Bloemfontein and Noupoort.

During the late 1990s, Bloemfontein Shed hosted a number of working Pacifics. Here, 16DA No 876 pilots Class 16E No 857. The latter had rotary cam poppet valves, 6 foot driving wheels, and was c... (more)