CGR 0-4-0ST 1874

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CGR 0-4-0ST 1874
CGR 0-4-0ST 1874 no. M14.jpg
CGR 0-4-0ST of 1874, no. M14
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Manning Wardle & Company
BuilderManning Wardle & Company
Serial number483
ModelMW Class B
Build dateEx works 10 March 1874
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  Whyte 0-4-0 ST
 •  UIC Bn2t
Driver2nd coupled axle
Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Coupled dia.30 in (762 mm)
Adhesive weight 8 LT (8,128 kg)
Loco weight8 LT (8,128 kg)
Fuel typeCoal
Firebox typeRound-top
Cylinders Two
Cylinder size 7 in (178 mm) bore
12 in (305 mm) stroke
Valve gear Stephenson
Couplers Johnston link-and-pin
Career
Operators Cape Government Railways
Number in class1
NumbersM14
Official namePossibly Mliss
Delivered1874
First run1874

The Cape Government Railways 0-4-0ST of 1874 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.

Contents

In 1874, a single Cape gauge 0-4-0 ST locomotive was placed in service by the contractors to the Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage Railway Company for the construction of railway lines into the interior. When construction work was completed, the locomotive was taken onto the roster of the Midland System of the Cape Government Railways. [1] [2]

Manufacturer

In 1874, a third Cape gauge locomotive was delivered through the London agents W. Bailey Hawkins & Company to the contractors to the Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage Railway Company in Port Elizabeth. The locomotive, built by Manning Wardle & Company and dispatched from the builders on 10 March 1874, was of a smaller design than the earlier two [[CGR 0-4-0ST 1873| 0-4-0 ST locomotives of 1873]]. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Characteristics

The locomotive was a Manning Wardle Class B engine with 30 inches (762 millimetres) diameter coupled wheels and cylinders with a 7 inches (178 millimetres) bore and 12 inches (305 millimetres) stroke. [4]

Service

Work on railway expansion from Port Elizabeth into the interior was already underway in 1874. The locomotive was put to work as construction engine on the northern mainline which was being built northwards from Swartkops via Barkly Bridge, Addo, Alicedale and Cookhouse to Cradock. [3] [5]

At some stage around April 1876, when construction work was completed to Sandflats between Coerney and Alicedale, the locomotive, along with six other contractor's locomotives, was taken over from the contractors by the Cape Government Railways and numbered M14 on the Midland System. In 1877, when Swallow's Cutting was being excavated near Middleton on the section north of Alicedale, the locomotive was transported to the construction site by government bullock cart. This line reached Cookhouse in 1880. [1] [2] [3] [5] [6]

Engine Mliss

Reference has been made in literature to a locomotive named Mliss. In an Uitenhage centenary publication, the first three construction locomotives on the Midland System are described as two engines named Pioneer and Little Bess which each weighed 14 tons, and a third engine named Mliss after "one of Bret Harte's charming heroines", which was imported at about the same time and which weighed only eight tons. [7] [8]

To date, the engine Mliss could not be positively identified. While no. M14 is the most likely candidate, too little is known as yet about the engine itself to positively identify it as the engine Mliss. [3]

Drawing

Since the only known existing picture of this locomotive is heavily touched up, the drawing by Leith Paxton illustrates better what this locomotive looked like. It was based on the original manufacturer's drawing, obtained from the United Kingdom.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94-95.
  2. 1 2 3 Pioneer, Little Bess & Mliss
  3. 1 2 3 4 Railway History of South Africa no. 2 - Early Locomotives of the Cape Government Railway, Article by Leith Paxton, The Uloliwe, Vol 4 no 1, January 2013, pp. 62-63.
  4. 1 2 Harman, Fred W. (no date shown). The Locomotives Built By Manning Wardle & Company - Volume 3 - Broad Gauge & Works List. Century Locoprints. ISBN   0 9535313 2 5
  5. 1 2 The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 12.
  6. ↑ p. 144 of "Uitenhage Past and Present"
  7. ↑ p. 145 of "Uitenhage Past and Present"
  8. ↑ Uitenhage Past and Present - Souvenir of the Centenary - 1804-1904. Sellick, W.S.J. Publisher W.S.J. Sellick at the "Uitenhage Times" Office, Cape Colony. Published 1904, pp. 144-146.
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