CGR NG 4-6-2T 1908

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CGR 4-6-2T 1908

The CGR NG 4-6-2T 1908 is a South African steam locomotive from the Cape Colony era .

history

1908 procured Cape Government Railways two narrow gauge - Tender locomotives of the gauge 2 feet (610 mm) with a leading end biaxial bogie , three coupled axles and a trailing axle , d. H. of the type 2'C1 'or according to Whyte notation 4-6-2T Pacific . They were used for passenger traffic on the Walmer Branch of the Avontuur Railway from Port Elizabeth . In 1912, both locomotives were assimilated by the South African Railways and given new numbers.

Manufacturer

The locomotives were built in 1908 by WG Bagnall . They were powerful steam locomotives with a Heusinger control instead of the backdrop control that had been common up until then . They had no classification and were numbered 42 and 43. They were used for up to 22 trains per day.

In 1912, the two locomotives were numbered NG33 and NG34 of the South African Railways, the abbreviation NG (for English : narrow gauge) identified them as narrow gauge. They were in service until the Walmer Branch was closed in 1929.

Web links

Commons : CGR NG 4-6-2T from 1908  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Allan C. Baker, TD Allen Civil: Bagnalls of Stafford - Locomotive Works List. (1st edition). The Industrial Locomotive Society, England 1984.
  2. ↑ Classification of SAR Engines with Renumbering Lists, published by the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office, Pretoria, January 1912, p. 47 (Reprinted April 1987 by the SATS Museum, reference number 3125-6 / 9 / 11-1000)
  3. ^ A b c Leith Paxton, David Bourne: Locomotives of the South African Railways. (1st edition). Struik, Cape Town 1985, ISBN 0-86977-211-2 , pp. 113, 156.
  4. ↑ Jean A. Dulez: (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 edition). Vidrail Productions, Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa 2012, ISBN 978-0-620-51228-2 , p. 232.
  5. ^ Richard Rollison (November 23, 1973): Saga of the Apple Express. In: Evening Post. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  6. ↑ George Hart, Bill Hart (Eds.): The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Published around 1978, p. 25.