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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