railroad.wikisort.org - TrainThe South African Railways NG 0-4-0T of 1899 was a narrow-gauge steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal and Natal.
Rand Mines NG 0-4-0T South African NG 99999-4-0T |
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 South African NG 0-4-0T of 1899, ex Rand Mines |
Type and origin |
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Power type | Steam |
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Designer | Avonside Engine Company |
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Builder | Avonside Engine Company |
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Model | Avonside "Imperial" Class |
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Build date | 1899-1900 |
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Specifications |
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Configuration:
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• Whyte | 0-4-0T |
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• UIC | Bn2t |
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Driver | 2nd coupled axle |
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Gauge | Two 2 ft (610 mm) narrow One 20 in (508 mm) narrow |
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Coupled dia. | 20 in (508 mm) |
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Wheelbase | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) |
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Length:
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• Over couplers | 12 ft 9 in (3,886 mm) |
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• Over beams | 10 ft 6 in (3,200 mm) |
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Height | 8 ft 4 in (2,540 mm) |
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Frame type | Plate |
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Fuel type | Coal |
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Fuel capacity | 4 long hundredweight (203 kg) |
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Water cap. | 110 imp gal (500 l) |
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Firebox type | Round-top |
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• Firegrate area | 5.5 sq ft (0.51 m2) |
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Boiler:
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• Pitch | 4 ft (1,219 mm) |
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Boiler pressure | 120 psi (827 kPa) |
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Safety valve | Ramsbottom |
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Cylinders | Two |
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Cylinder size | 7 in (178 mm) bore 10 in (254 mm) stroke |
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Valve gear | Stephenson |
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Couplers | Johnston link-and-pin |
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Performance figures |
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Tractive effort | 2,572 lbf (11.44 kN) @ 75% |
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Career |
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Operators | Rand Mines Limited Reynolds Brothers Sugar Estates South African Railways |
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Number in class | 3 |
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Numbers | NG91, NG92, NG95 |
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Delivered | 1899-1900 |
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First run | 1899 |
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Withdrawn | 1918 |
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In 1899, Rand Mines acquired two narrow-gauge 0-4-0T steam locomotives from Avonside Engine Company and, in 1900, a similar locomotive was delivered to Reynolds Brothers Sugar Estates of Esperanza in Natal. In 1915, when an urgent need arose for additional narrow-gauge locomotives in German South West Africa during the First World War, these three locomotives were purchased second-hand by the South African Railways.[1][2]
Manufacturer
In 1899, Avonside Engine Company delivered two 24-inch gauge (610-millimetre) locomotives to Rand Mines on the Witwatersrand. In 1900, a third similar locomotive, but of 20 inches (508 millimetres) gauge, was delivered to Reynolds Brothers Sugar Estates in Natal. The latter was one of several of the same type which saw service on the Reynolds, Huletts and Chakaskraal sugar plantations in Natal.[1]
First World War
In 1915, while the military campaign was in progress against German forces in Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika (DSWA) during the First World War, an urgent need arose for additional locomotives for use on the narrow-gauge lines in that territory. The South African Railways (SAR) therefore purchased these three 0-4-0T locomotives second-hand on behalf of the Defence Department. The two engines from Rand Mines were numbered NG91 and NG92, while the engine from Reynolds Brothers was numbered NG95. Since a narrow-gauge locomotive classification system had not yet been implemented on the SAR, they were not classified.[1][2]
Service
Whether all three were placed in service by the SAR is not certain, since engine no. NG95 from Reynolds Brothers would not be usable without first being regauged to 24 inches (610 millimetres) gauge. It is also unclear whether any of them were actually placed in service in DSWA or whether they were used to replace other SAR narrow-gauge locomotives which had been commandeered by the Union Defence Forces for war service in DSWA.[1]
The locomotives were withdrawn from SAR service and sold towards the end of the war in 1918.[1][3]
References
- Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. p. 114. ISBN 0869772112.
- Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1945). The Locomotive in South Africa – A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII – South African Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, October 1945. p. 781.
- Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. pp. 232–233. ISBN 9 780620 512282.
 Locomotives of South Africa |
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Steam | 7' ¼" gauge |
- Table Bay 0-4-0ST
- Table Bay 0-4-0T
- Table Bay 0-4-0WT
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Standard gauge |
- Cape 0-4-0T Blackie
- Cape 0-4-2
- Cape 2-4-0T
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Cape gauge Tank engines |
- CSAR Class C
- CSAR Class E
- CSAR Rack 4-6-4RT
- CSAR Railmotor
- Kowie Railway 0-6-0T
- Kowie Railway 4-4-0T
- Metropolitan & Suburban 4-6-2T
- NGR 2-6-0T Durban & Pietermaritzburg
- NGR Class I 2-6-2T
- NGR Class K 0-4-0ST
- NGR Class K 0-6-0ST
- NGR Class K 2-6-0T
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Cape gauge Tender engines |
- CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 BP
- CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 Kitson
- CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1879
- CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1891
- CGR 1st Class 4-4-0
- CGR 1st Class 4-4-0TT
- CGR 2nd Class 2-6-2TT
- CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1883
- CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1884
- CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1889
- CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1898
- CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1901
- CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1903
- CGR 4th Class 4-4-2
- CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1880
- CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1882
- CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1882 Joy
- CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1884
- CGR 5th Class 4-6-0 1890
- CGR 5th Class 4-6-0 1891
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Cape gauge Articulated engines | |
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2' 6" gauge |
- Cape Copper John King & Miner
- Cape Copper Britannia
- Cape Copper Caledonia
- Cape Copper Clara
- Cape Copper Condenser
- Cape Copper Scotia
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2' & 600mm gauges |
- CGR NG 0-4-0T
- CGR NG 0-6-0T
- CGR NG 4-6-2T
- CGR Type A 2-6-4T
- CGR Type C 0-4-0T
- SWA Class Ha
- SWA Class Hb
- SWA Class Hc
- SWA Class Hd
- SWA Jung
- SWA Zwillinge
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Electric | |
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Gas-electric | |
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Diesel | Cape gauge Diesel-electric | |
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2' gauge Diesel-electric | |
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Cape gauge Diesel-hydraulic | |
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Cape gauge Electro-diesel | |
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- List of South African locomotive classes
- South African locomotive numbering and classification
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