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.
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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.
It was changed to Lady Robinson’s Beach in 1874 to honour the wife of Governor Sir Hercules Robinson.
The beach was renamed after the wife of the then Governor, Sir Hercules Robinson.
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