The SAR (South African Railways) was formed to take over all railways in South African after unification in 1910. A few years before 1910, the different railway authorities were already coordinating some of their activities. The publication of a monthly South African Railway Magazine started in September 1906, almost four years before the SAR itself was formed.
For a few months (September 1906 to March 1907) there were two monthly railway magazines - the NGR Magazine continued to cover railway matters in Natal, and the SAR Magazine covered the activities of the CGR (Cape Government Railways) and the CSAR (Central South African Railways who ran the railways in the later Orange Free State and Transvaal). From April 1907, the SAR Magazine also included the contributions from Natal.
The 52 issues in this collection had a total of 4101 pages, at an average of 79 pages per issue. There were additional pages, outside of the conventional numbering, dedicated to advertisements, but these were not scanned due to their repetitive nature.