NGR Class K 0-4-0ST
NGR Class K 0-4-0ST to PPR 0-4-0ST "Natal" to South African 0-4-0ST of 1891 | |
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NGR no. 89, c. 1891 | |
Type and origin | |
Power type | Steam |
Designer | Neilson and Company |
Builder | Neilson and Company |
Serial number | 4481-4485 |
Build date | 1891 |
Total produced | 5 |
Specifications | |
Configuration | 0-4-0ST |
Gauge | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge |
Driver diameter | 38 in (965 mm) |
Wheelbase | 5 ft (1.524 m) |
Length | 20 ft 4 in (6.198 m) over couplers |
Height | 10 ft (3.048 m) [1] |
Locomotive weight | 42,224 lb (19,152 kg) w/o [2] |
Fuel type | Coal |
Fuel capacity | 3⁄4 long ton (0.76 t) |
Water capacity | 500 imp gal (2,300 l; 600 US gal) |
Boiler |
2 ft 10 in (0.864 m) diameter outside 8 ft 3.25 in (2.521 m) length inside 5 ft (1.524 m) pitch |
Boiler pressure | 140 psi (965 kPa) |
Firegrate area | 5.75 sq ft (0.534 m2) |
Heating surface: – Tubes |
110 tubes 1.5 in (38.1 mm) diameter 357.25 sq ft (33.190 m2) |
– Firebox | 32.25 sq ft (2.996 m2) |
– Total | 389.5 sq ft (36.186 m2) |
Cylinders | Two |
Cylinder size |
10 in (254 mm) bore 20 in (508 mm) stroke |
Valve gear | Stephenson |
Performance figures | |
Tractive effort | 5,526 lbf (25 kN) at 75% pressure |
Career | |
Operator(s) |
Natal Government Railways Harbour Board of Natal Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway Imperial Military Railways Central South African Railways South African Railways [1] |
Number in class | 5 |
Number(s) | NGR 89-93, NGR 510-511, SAR 0511 |
Delivered | 1891 |
First run | 1891 |
The NGR Class K 0-4-0ST of 1891 is a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Natal Colony.
In 1891 the Natal Government Railways placed five 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotives in service as shunting engines. One was later sold to the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway while two more went to the Harbour Board of Natal. In 1905 or 1906 the remaining two of these locomotives became part of the Natal Class K. In 1912 four of these locomotives survived to come onto the roster of the South African Railways as unclassified obsolete locomotives.[1][3][4]
Manufacturer
Five 0-4-0 saddle-tank shunting locomotives were delivered to the Natal Government Railways (NGR) from Neilson and Company in 1891, numbered in the range from 89 to 93.[1]
Service
Harbour Board of Natal
Circa 1896 two of the locomotives were either sold or leased to the Harbour Board of Natal for use as harbour shunters at Durban Harbour, where they were named Andy and Dick King.[3][5][6][7]
Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway
Circa 1897 another one of the locomotives, no. 90, was sold to the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway (PPR), where it was named "Natal" and employed as a shunting engine. By 1912, when the South African Railways (SAR) classification and renumbering program was executed, this locomotive had also seen service with the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM) and the Imperial Military Railways (IMR) and was still in service on the Central South African Railways (CSAR), who used it as a shop engine in the Pretoria railway workshops.[1][3][5][6][7]
Natal Government Railways
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The other two locomotives remained in service on the NGR, where they were later renumbered to 510 and 511. At some stage in 1905 or 1906 a locomotive classification system was introduced on the NGR and they became part of the Natal Class K, which consisted of a potpourri of different tank locomotive types that also included a 0-6-0ST and four 2-6-0T locomotives. Both of them were still in service in 1905, but by the end of 1906 no. 510 had disappeared from the books.[2][4][8][9]
South African Railways
The Union of South Africa was established on 31 May 1910, in terms of the South Africa Act. One of the clauses in the Act required that the three Colonial Government railways, the Cape Government Railways, the NGR and the CSAR, also be united under one single administration to control and administer the railways, ports and harbours of the Union. While the South African Railways (SAR) came into existence in 1910, the actual classification and renumbering of all the rolling stock of the three constituent railways required careful planning and was only implemented with effect from 1 January 1912.[5][10]
In 1912 Andy, Dick King and no. 511, as well as the Pretoria shop locomotive Natal, came onto the roster of the SAR as unclassified obsolete locomotives. The named engines retained their names on the SAR while no. 511 was renumbered 0511.[3][5][6][7]
Works numbers
The locomotive numbers, works numbers, names and SAR renumber information are set out in the table. The three unspecified names can all be any one of Andy, Dick King or no. 510.[1][3][5][6][7]
Loco no. |
Works no. |
Names & renumber |
SAR no. |
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89 | 4481 | (Named) | (Named) |
90 | 4482 | Natal | Natal |
91 | 4483 | 511 | 0511 |
92 | 4484 | (Named) | (Named) |
93 | 4485 | (Named) | (Named) |
See also
- List of South African locomotive classes
- NGR Class K 0-6-0ST
- NGR Class K 2-6-0T
- South African locomotive history
- The 0-4-0 wheel arrangement
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Holland, D.F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 115, 126–127. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Railway Report for year ending 31 Dec. 1904, Natal Government Railways, Annexure B, Durban, January 1905.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 1: 1859-1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 119–120. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Railway Report for year ending 31 Dec. 1906, Natal Government Railways.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 2, 11, 13, 17. (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. p. 21. ISBN 0869772112.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 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. p. 26. ISBN 9 780620 512282.
- ↑ The Railway Report for year ending 31 Dec. 1908, Natal Government Railways, p. 39, par 14.
- ↑ NGR Class K 0-4-0ST of 1891
- ↑ The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 25.