South African Class J 4-6-4T | |
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Class J 345, circa 1950 | |
Power type | Steam |
Designer | South African Railways |
Builder | Nasmyth, Wilson and Company |
Serial number | 1060-1065[1] |
Model | Class J |
Build date | 1915 |
Total produced | 6 |
Configuration | 4-6-4T "Hudson" |
Gauge | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge |
Leading wheel diameter |
25.75 in (654 mm) |
Driver diameter | 42.75 in (1,090 mm) |
Trailing wheel diameter |
25.75 in (654 mm) |
Wheelbase | 27 ft 5 in (8.357 m) total 5 ft 4 in (1.626 m) pilot 8 ft 6 in (2.591 m) coupled 5 ft 4 in (1.626 m) trailing |
Length | 34 ft 0.75 in (10.382 m) |
Height | 12 ft (3.658 m) |
Axle load | 11.2 long tons (11.4 t) on 2nd driver |
Weight on drivers | 32.7 long tons (33.2 t) |
Locomotive weight | 90,832 lb (41.2 t) empty 52.4 long tons (53.2 t) w/o |
Fuel type | Coal |
Fuel capacity | 3 long tons (3.0 t) |
Water capacity | 1,200 imp gal (5,500 l) |
Boiler | 3 ft 10.75 in (1.187 m) int dia 10 ft 4 in (3.150 m) int length 6 ft 9 in (2.057 m) pitch |
Boiler pressure | 175 psi (1,210 kPa) |
Firegrate area | 15 sq ft (1.394 m2) |
Heating surface: Tubes |
171 tubes 1.75 in (44.5 mm) dia 821 sq ft (76.273 m2) |
Heating surface: Firebox |
88 sq ft (8.175 m2) |
Heating surface: Total |
909 sq ft (84.449 m2) |
Cylinders | Two |
Cylinder size | 15 in (381 mm) bore 22 in (559 mm) stroke |
Valve gear | Walschaerts |
Tractive effort | 15,200 lbf (67.6 kN) at 75% boiler pressure[1][2] |
Career | South African Railways |
Class | Class J |
Number in class | 6 |
Number | 341-346 |
Delivered | 1915 |
First run | 1915 |
Withdrawn | 1957 |
Disposition | Retired |
In 1915 the South African Railways placed six Class J tank steam locomotives with a 4-6-4T wheel arrangement in service.[1][2]
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The Class J 4-6-4T tank steam locomotive was designed by D.A. Hendrie, the Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the South African Railways (SAR) from 1910 to 1922, to cope with the increasing traffic on the Natal South Coast. These locomotives had Walschaerts valve gear and Belpaire fireboxes and used saturated steam. Six of them were built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company of Patricroft in Salford, England, and delivered in 1915, numbered 341 to 346.[1][3]
As intended, the locomotives were placed in service working the Natal South Coast, but it was soon found that, due to their small proportions, they were unable to handle the rapidly increasing loads. They were therefore taken off the South Coast run and employed as shunters in the Durban harbour.[1]
Four of them were later allocated to Mossel Bay and the Cape Midlands for similar duties, and remained there until they were withdrawn from service by 1957. The remaining two, numbers 341 and 342, were sold to gold mines on the Reef.[1][3][4]
By the early 1970s number 341 was still at work on the East Daggafontein Mine as their number 2. It was later acquired by the South African National Railway And Steam Museum (SANRASM) for preservation. It had to be scrapped in 2011, however, after being vandalised at the SANRASM storage site in Chamdor.[4][5]
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