Patons Country Narrow Gauge Railway
| Patons Country Narrow Gauge Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.JPG) NG G11 No. 55 SAR class NGG 11 2-6-0 + 0-6-2
with a mixed freight and passenger train at Ixopo , KwaZulu-Natal . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Route from Ixopo 30 km southwest
to Madonella near Umzimkulu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 30 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 610 mm ( 2 foot track ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Patons Country Narrow Gauge Railway (PCNGR) is a 30 km long, narrow - gauge, single-track heritage railway line with a gauge of 2 feet (610 mm) in KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa .
The Patons Country Narrow Gauge Railway was rebuilt in 2000 from the Allwoodburn marshalling yard near Ixopo to Madonella station near Umzimkhulu on the route of an old branch line branching off from the Umzinto – Donnybrook narrow-gauge railway , which had been shut down around 1985.
Since the railway line had been dismantled in places after the closure, it had to be completely rebuilt. Gradually, locomotives and wagons were acquired from various disused railway companies in Natal . Initially, the museum train ran from Ixopo (Allwoodburn Siding) to Carisbrooke. The line has now been extended from Umzinkulu to a new terminus in the township of Madonella near Umzimkulu .
The following locomotives are stationed in Ixopo:
- NG G11 No. 55 of the South African Class NG G11 2-6-0 + 0-6-2 . This locomotive No. 55 was built in 1925, and was previously used mainly on the Estcourt - Weenen route.
- Two Avonside sugar cane locomotives
- Two four-cylinder diesel Hunslet shunting locomotives .
- Two diesel locomotives 91-006 and 91-007 acquired in 2015
Patons Narrow Gauge also operated the Banana Express on the Alfred County Railway's line, which was shut down after a storm surge in 2006. But there is also a train pulled by a small diesel locomotive, the Hamba Wehelie Express, on a short section of the former Banana Express between the stations of Paddock and Plains.
Web links
- www.pcngr.co.za (official website)
Individual evidence
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ PCNGR location. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.2fpt.com/css/SA%20Steam%20Railways/SA%20Steam%20Railways%20Paton.html
- ^ Paton's Country Narrow Gauge Railway
- ↑ Archived copy. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 1, 2006 ; Retrieved December 3, 2011 .
- ↑ Archived copy. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 22, 2009 ; Retrieved November 10, 2011 .
Coordinates: 30 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 30 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ E