NZASM No. 61 to 255
| NZASM No. 61–255 SAR class B |
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_F.jpg) NZASM 46 tonne crane No. 230 Jan Wintervogel in Witbank, Transvaal, April 1993
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| Numbering: | SAR: 1-55 |
| Number: | 195 (SAR: 55) |
| Manufacturer: | Emil Keßler , Dutch locomotive factory |
| Year of construction (s): | 1882-1899 |
| Retirement: | until 1930 |
| Type : | C2 'n2t |
| Gauge : | 1067 mm ( cape track ) |
| Length over coupling: | 10,566 mm |
| Service mass: | 46.5 t |
| Friction mass: | approx. 32 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 10.8 t |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 1,310 mm |
| Cylinder diameter: | 430 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 630 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | 110.2 N / cm² |
| Grate area: | 1.45 m² |
The vehicles with the numbers 61 to 255 of the Nederlandsch-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg Maatschappij (NZASM) were tank locomotives with the wheel arrangement C2 '.
The locomotives were procured from 1882, the first 175 from Emil Keßler , the last 20 from the Dutch locomotive factory . They carried the bulk of the rail traffic in what was then the South African Republic .
The locomotives had external plate frames; the drive and coupling rods were attached to cranks. The control corresponded to the type Heusinger / Walschaerts. Because the locomotives did not have a leading running axle , their running characteristics were only satisfactory in reverse, so that it was preferred to be used in this direction.
In the Second Boer War many of these locomotives were destroyed or damaged. After the war, the NZASM was taken over by the Central South African Railways (CSAR), which in turn became the South African Railways (SAR) in 1910 . This took over 55 copies as class B , which were given the track numbers 1-55.
Initially used in the Transvaal , the locomotives were later also used in the Orange Free State and in the Cape Province , most recently in shunting service. They were retired by about 1930.
The SAR received a copy of this series for preservation in 1971. This locomotive had already been sold by the CSAR to an industrial company in 1904 and was never used for the SAR. It therefore has no number, just the name President Kruger . After being used occasionally on special trips, it is now in the Outeniqua Railway Museum in George .
literature
- Leith Paxton, David Bourne: Locomotives of the South African Railways. A Concise Guide. C. Strui (Pty) Ltd., Cape Town 1985, ISBN 0-86977-211-2 .
