| Built: North British Locomotive Co. Builders number: 23391 of 1926 Received: Oct. 1926 Last used: Dec 1980 To Museum: March 1981 |
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| ARTHUR'S 190 carries small brass name plates on the running boards above the cylinders. In the early 1970's Tony Baxter, then Chairman of the Rhodesia Railways Historical Committee and founder of the Bulawayo Railway Museum, was the Area Civil Engineer in Salisbury. He asked the steam shed if they could prepare a 12th Class locomotive for use on a pickup goods train for the well known visiting railway photographer, Arthur Camwell. The shed was close to closing, but they entered into the spirit of the occasion by preparing their best locomotive, #190. Having painted, lined out and polished her to perfection, it was decided to name 190 for the occasion. The name chosen was ARTHUR'S PUFFER. The Salisbury steam shed closed and of the locomotives were transferred to Bulawayo. One 12th Class was to go to the Museum, and by a happy coincidence it was found that 190 had the best boiler. However, 'puffer' was not considered appropriate for preservation, and so the name was shortened to ARTHUR'S, still carried today. |
| Retubing. Bulawayo P15 shed. July 1994. Photo. Geoff Cooke |
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| Near Entuba. 24 August 1994. Photo. Geoff Cooke |
| Shunting Bulawayo Station. Photo. Geoff Cooke |
| Victoria Falls during the filming of 'Allan Quartermain' in 1985. Photo. Geoff Cooke |
| CLASS DISTINCTION In preparation for Zimfest 2001, new cabside plates were cast for #190 along with a number of other locomotives that were to feature in the Festival. The NRZ foundry was a little confused by the various classes, and the #190 plates change this famous 12th Class into a 19th Class! The error had not been corrected by April 2005, when this photograph was taken. |
| In the Steam Shed, being prepared for tours. April 2005. Photo. Geoff Cooke |
| Back in the Museum. 2006 Photo. Robert Adams |
| 12th Class Number 190 |
| Drawn by & copyright: Sue Lawrence |
