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Events
- February
- Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
- June
- 22 – The first of 62,000 Chinese labourers arrive in South Africa to relieve the shortage of unskilled mine workers.
- Unknown date
- The Social Democratic Federation (SDF) is established in Cape Town.
Deaths
- 14 July – Paul Kruger, exiled president of the South African Republic, dies in Clarens, Switzerland at the age of 78.
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 1 February – Cape Western – Maitland to Ottery, 7 miles (11.3 kilometres).[1]
- 1 March – Cape Midland – Le Roux to Oudtshoorn, 16 miles 41 chains (26.6 kilometres).[2]
- 7 June – Cape Western – Paarl to Franschhoek, 17 miles 10 chains (27.6 kilometres).[2]
- 15 June – Free State – Thaba 'Nchu to Modderpoort, 45 miles 73 chains (73.9 kilometres).[1]
- 17 August – Cape Eastern – Indwe to Xalanga, 31 miles 3 chains (50.0 kilometres).[2]
- 1 September – Free State – Hamilton to Tempe, 4 miles (6.4 kilometres).[1]
- 7 September – Cape Eastern – Amabele to Komga, 27 miles (43.5 kilometres).[2]
- 17 October – Cape Eastern – Middledrift to Adelaide, 56 miles 64 chains (91.4 kilometres).[2]
- 3 November – Natal – Pietermaritzburg to Elandskop, 35 miles 39 chains (57.1 kilometres).[1]
- December – Cape Western – Artois to Ceres Road, 4 miles 38 chains (7.2 kilometres).[1]
- 15 December – Transvaal – Langlaagte to Vereeniging, 44 miles 56 chains (71.9 kilometres).[1]
Locomotives
- Cape
- Four new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR):
- Two experimental superheated 6th Class 4-6-0 locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 6L by the South African Railways (SAR).[3]:54, 56[4]:44
- Four Karoo Class 4-6-2 Pacific passenger steam locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 5B by the SAR.[3]:71–72[4]:39
- The last eight 8th Class 2-8-0 Consolidation type locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8Z on the SAR.[3]:64–66[5]
- The final batch of ten 8th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8F on the SAR.[3]:67[4]:48–49
- Six "Type B" 4-6-0 steam locomotives enter service on the Avontuur narrow gauge line in the Langkloof.[4]:104, 113
- A single 0-4-2 inverted saddle-tank locomotive is placed in service by the Cape Copper Company as a shunting engine at O'okiep in the Cape Colony.[6]
- Natal
- Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the Natal Government Railways (NGR):
- The Natal Harbours Department places a single 0-6-0 saddle-tank locomotive named Sir Albert in service as dock shunter in Durban Harbour.[8]:130–131
- Transvaal
- Five new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the Central South African Railways (CSAR):
- Five Class 9 4-6-2 Pacific type locomotives.[4]:51
- Fifteen Class 10 4-6-2 Pacific passenger locomotives.[4]:51–52
- Thirty-six Class 11 2-8-2 Mikado type locomotives.[4]:10–11, 54
- Eight Class F 4-6-4T Baltic type tank locomotives in suburban service between Springs and Randfontein.[3]:127–129
- A single experimental 0-6-0+0-6-0 Class M Kitson-Meyer type articulated steam locomotive.[4]:84[8]:110, 140
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 185, ref. no. 200954-13
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 1: 1859-1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869772112.
- ↑ Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 9, 12, 15, 36 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
- ↑ Bagshawe, Peter (2012). Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines (1st ed.). Stenvalls. pp. 25–27, 40. ISBN 978-91-7266-179-0.
- ↑ South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2’0” & 3’6” Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, pp21 & 21A, as amended
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Holland, D.F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
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