Kearsney – Stanger Light Railway
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 0-4-0 T of Kearsney-Stanger Light Railway, 1903
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| Route length: | 12.8 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 610 mm ( 2 foot track ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Kearsney – Stanger Light Railway was a 12.8 km long narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 610 mm between Kearsney Manor and Stanger (now KwaDukuza) in the colony of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa ). It was inaugurated on January 2, 1901 and operated until around 1944.
history
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Tea factory, 1902
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Railway operations, 1911
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The railway served the tea plantations of Messrs. JL Hulett & Sons. Ltd. The total cost of building and purchasing the rolling stock was £ 18,500, including all structures and station buildings, locomotives, wagons, fences, etc. It was built with a 2 foot (610 mm) gauge and rails weighing 15 kg / m per meter (30 pounds / yard) erected. The maximum gradient was 1 to 30 (33 ‰), with a 300 m difference in altitude being overcome.
The railway was officially opened on January 2, 1901. It was an hour and a half uphill to Kearsney and 1 hour downhill to Stanger. First and third class passengers paid in 1s each. first class and 6d. third grade.
Locomotives
The Orenstein & Koppel steam locomotives used had an output of 30 or 50 hp, with the larger one being able to transport a load of 20 tons. No. 723 was a two-axle 0-4-0 T 30 hp locomotive with an internal frame that was completed in August 1900, and No. 724 was a three-axle 0-6-0 T 50 hp locomotive with an external frame which was completed in July 1900.
Presumably, the Kerr Stuart steam locomotive No. 764 of the Waterloo class, completed on October 20, 1903, with a 0-4-2 wheel arrangement was also used, the cost of which was estimated at £ 776. She was shipped to Durban for an all-inclusive price of £ 1,038 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kearsney-Stanger Light Railway 1901-c.1944.
- ↑ a b Old Natal Railways.
- ^ Railway History Group: Bulletin No. 113 November 2012.
Coordinates: 29 ° 17 ′ 14.6 ″ S , 31 ° 14 ′ 26.5 ″ E