CGR NG 0-4-0T

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CGR NG 0-4-0T
CGR NG 0-4-0T b.jpg
CGR 0-4-0T with a makeshift water tender and coach
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Krauss & Company
BuilderKrauss & Company
Serial number2479
Build date1891
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  Whyte 0-4-0 T
 •  UIC Bn2t
Driver2nd coupled axle
Gauge 2 ft (610 mm) narrow
Adhesive weight 5 LT (5,080 kg)
Loco weight5 LT (5,080 kg)
Fuel typeCoal
Firebox:​
 • TypeRound-top
Cylinders Two
Valve gear Stephenson
Couplers Buffer-and-chains
Career
Operators Cape Government Railways
Number in class1
Deliveredc. 1903
First runc. 1903

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

Contents

The Cape Government Railways acquired a single small 0-4-0 T side-tank locomotive for use as construction engine on the Avontuur branch, probably at the same time that it acquired its single 0-6-0 T narrow-gauge steam locomotive No. NG21 in 1903. [1] [2]

Manufacturer

A single locomotive, built by Krauss & Company, was purchased by the Cape Government Railways (CGR) c. 1903 and placed in service as construction engine on the narrow-gauge Avontuur branch out of Port Elizabeth. [1] [2]

According to the Krauss works records, the locomotive was built in 1891 with works number 2479 and delivered to "Baare, Berlin, f. Port Elizabeth". The engine's year of construction was more than a decade before construction work began on either the Hopefield or Avontuur narrow-gauge railway lines. Neither the original owner of the engine nor its actual year of arrival in Port Elizabeth is known. [1] [3] [4]

Service

CGR NG 0-4-0T a.jpg

The engine weighed approximately 5 long tons (5 tonnes) in full working order. The main picture shows it hauling a makeshift water tender, consisting of a water tank on a two-axle goods truck, and a single passenger coach. [1]

After completion of the Avontuur railway, the locomotive was occasionally used for picnic parties of from 12 to 20 persons. Its ultimate fate is not known, except that it was no longer in Railways service when the South African Railways renumbering scheme was executed in 1912. [1] [2] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1944). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter II - The Cape Government Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, April 1944. pp. 253-255.
  2. 1 2 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. 233. ISBN   9 780620 512282.
  3. ↑ Schmeiser, Bernard (1977). Krauss-Lokomotiven. Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, Wien. ISBN   3-900134-36-7.
  4. ↑ Soul of A Railway, System 3, Part 1: Cape Midland, based in Port Elizabeth, Part 1, The Port Elizabeth Narrow Gauge. Caption 2. Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed on 10 December 2016)
  5. ↑ Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office, Pretoria, January 1912 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
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