SAR 4-8-4 No. 3454 'B I Ebing'
Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa 		Location: Transnet Heritage Foundation
Status: Restoration
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Posted: Oct 28, 2017 @ 13:10:35 by Steve Frost
The October 2017 issue of the North British Locomotive preservation Group reports that 3454 is being restored at Bloemfontein on lease lend to New Zealand locomotive owner Ian Welch. It is hoped that the initial phase of restoration work can be carried out by the end of October and the engine can then be moved under cover.

3454 was named 'B I Ebing' after the Chief Engineer at Kimberley who designed it's dual Lempor exhaust system on the principles set down by LD Porta and David Wardale. Significant savings in coal and water were recorded after the modifications were carried in 1985 but no further engines were similarly treated.