M83 "Sir Hercules", after Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, who had succeeded Sir Henry Bartle Frere as High Commissioner for Southern Africa in 1880 and after whom two towns in South Africa were also named.
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At the time the Four-coupled Joy locomotives entered service in 1883, the Eastern System mainline from East London was open as far as Queenstown, the two Midland System mainlines from Port Elizabeth were open to Graaff Reinet and approaching Rosmead via Cradock, while the Western System mainline from Beaufort West was approaching De Aar.
3rd Rock from the Sun | South Carolina's 3rd congressional district | 1883 | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | Gym Class Heroes | Michigan's 3rd congressional district | Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron | class action | class | 3rd United States Congress | 1883 in baseball | Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba | 3rd arrondissement of Marseille | Class A | working class | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | DB Class 218 | Class War | British Rail Class 37 | Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex | Social class | Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York | John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute | British Rail Class 47 | Alabama's 3rd congressional district | 3rd Battalion | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland | Victorian Railways X class | Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet | GWR 3031 Class |