Service NGR 4-6-2TT Havelock



havelock hairy mary @ chievely, natal, c. 1898


during second boer war, engine havelock prepared see action while serving on armoured trains. unlike usual practice in such cases, engine not equipped armour plate protection, draped in strands of thick hemp rope covered front back. earned loco­motive apt nickname hairy mary amongst troops.








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