South African Class NG10 4-6-2
South African Class NG10 4-6-2 | |
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Class NG10 number NG62, circa 1930 | |
Type and origin | |
Power type | Steam |
Designer | Baldwin Locomotive Works |
Builder | Baldwin Locomotive Works |
Serial number | 42633-42638 |
Build date | 1916 |
Total produced | 6 |
Specifications | |
Configuration | 4-6-2 "Pacific" |
Gauge | 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge |
Leading wheel diameter | 22 in (559 mm) |
Driver diameter | 36 in (914 mm) |
Trailing wheel diameter | 20.5 in (521 mm) |
Wheelbase |
Total: 40 ft 3.75 in (12.287 m) Engine: 4 ft (1.219 m) bogie 6 ft 6 in (1.981 m) coupled 19 ft 7.5 in (5.982 m) total Tender: 4 ft 3 in (1.295 m) bogie 13 ft 9 in (4.191 m) total |
Length | 47 ft 1.375 in (14.361 m) |
Height | 10 ft 6 in (3.200 m) |
Frame | Bar frame |
Axle load | 6.3875 long tons (6.5 t) on 2nd driver |
Weight on drivers | 19.7 long tons (20.0 t) |
Locomotive weight |
28.45 long tons (28.9 t) w/o 57,850 lb (26.2 t) empty |
Tender weight |
18.75 long tons (19.1 t) w/o 15,000 lb (6.8 t) empty |
Locomotive and tender combined weight |
47.2 long tons (48.0 t) w/o 72,850 lb (33.0 t) empty |
Tender type |
2 axle bogies 22 in (559 mm) wheels |
Fuel type | Coal |
Fuel capacity | 4 long tons (4.1 t) |
Water capacity | 1,930 imp gal (8,800 l) |
Boiler |
3 ft 6 in (1.067 m) inside diameter 12 ft 4.75 in (3.778 m) inside length 5 ft (1.524 m) pitch |
Boiler pressure | 180 psi (1,240 kPa) |
Firegrate area | 14.2 sq ft (1.319 m2) |
Heating surface: – Tubes |
119 tubes 1.875 in (47.625 mm) diameter 727 sq ft (67.541 m2) |
– Firebox | 56 sq ft (5.203 m2) |
– Total | 783 sq ft (72.743 m2) |
Cylinders | Two [1] |
Cylinder size |
13.5 in (343 mm) bore 18 in (457 mm) stroke |
Valve gear | Walschaerts [2] |
Performance figures | |
Tractive effort | 12,302 lbf (55 kN) at 75% pressure |
Career | |
Operator(s) | South African Railways |
Class | Class NG10 |
Number in class | 6 |
Number(s) | NG61-NG66 |
Nicknames | Sixty |
Delivered | 1916 |
First run | 1916 [1] |
Withdrawn | 1962 [2] |
The South African Class NG10 4-6-2 of 1916 is a South African steam locomotive from the South African Railways era.
In 1916 the South African Railways placed six steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific type wheel arrangement in service on the Langkloof narrow gauge line. When a system of grouping narrow gauge locomotives into classes was eventually introduced somewhere between 1928 and 1930, they were classified as Class NG10.[2]
Manufacturer
During World War I the usual British locomotive suppliers were hard pressed to satisfy British requirements and this led to several new locomotive types for the SAR being ordered from North American builders. In 1916 the South African Railways (SAR) placed an order with the Baldwin Locomotive Works in the United States of America for six narrow gauge locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific type wheel arrangement. The locomotives were delivered in 1916 and were numbered in the range from NG61 to NG66.[2]
Characteristics
The locomotives were more powerful than previous types and, with their more commodious cabs, proved popular with the crews. Since a classification system for narrow gauge locomotives had not yet been adopted by the SAR, these locomotives became popularly known as the Sixties, based on their engine number range.[2]
They were typically American in appearance, with an ornate chimney cap and steam dome as well as a third engine number on a disk on the front of the smokebox door, in addition to the usual cabside number plates. They had outside bar frames, Belpaire fireboxes and Walschaerts valve gear.[2]
Service
They were placed in service on the Langkloof line between Port Elizabeth and Avontuur in the Eastern Cape, where they spent most of their working lives. Much of that time they worked out of Loerie, either assisting up the bank or on the Patensie branch.[2]
In 1948 numbers NG63 and NG64 were transferred to South West Africa, where they performed yard work, while the rest remained on the Avontuur line performing similar work around Humewood Road in Port Elizabeth.[2]
Classification and withdrawal
The system of grouping narrow gauge locomotives into classes was only adopted by the SAR somewhere between 1928 and 1930 and at that point these locomotives were classified as Class NG10.[1][2]
All six were withdrawn from service by 1962 as a direct result of the regauging of all the narrow gauge lines in South West Africa to Cape gauge. Some of the older narrow gauge locomotive stock in that territory were retired and scrapped while the rest were all transferred to South Africa.[2]
Illustration
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No. NG61 in steam at Humewood Road Locomotive in January 1961
See also
- List of South African locomotive classes
- Narrow Gauge locomotive numbering and classification
- South African locomotive history
- The 4-6-2 "Pacific"
- Two foot gauge railways in South Africa
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 South African Railways and Harbours Narrow Gauge Locomotive Diagram Book, 2’0” Gauge, S.A.R. Mechanical Dept. Drawing Office, Pretoria, 28 November 1932
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 104–105, 110. ISBN 0869772112.