Since its discovery at the Dombe Grande sugar estate in Benguela Province, Angola, in 2003 we have believed the name to be “BATHALA”.
Some research by railway historian, John Middleton has unearthed the attached picture of the locomotive at the Dombe Grande Museum in 1970 where Sandstone ultimately found it some 33 years later.
Our black and white photograph shows the locomotive in the Dombe Grande museum in 1970 with the “BATAHLA” plates and the colour picture, as restored by Sandstone in 2005.
