PPR No. 1 to 6
| PPR No. 1-6 CSAR No. 209-214, SAR Class D |
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 Factory photo of locomotive no.1
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| Numbering: | SAR: 56-61 |
| Number: | 6th |
| Manufacturer: | Beyer-Peacock |
| Year of construction (s): | 1897 |
| Retirement: | 1930 |
| Type : | 1'C2 'n2t |
| Gauge : | 1067 mm ( cape track ) |
| Length over coupling: | 10,839 mm |
| Service mass: | 56.4 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 11.7 t |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 1,168 mm |
| Cylinder diameter: | 406 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 559 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | 117.1 N / cm² |
| Grate area: | 1.56 m² |
| Train brake: | Suction air brake |
The vehicles with the numbers 1 to 6 of the Pretoria Pietersburg Railway (PPR) were tank locomotives with the wheel arrangement 1'C2 '.
The machines purchased by Beyer-Peacock in 1897 were the first South African locomotives with a Belpaire type standing boiler . The control was of the Walschaerts / Heusinger type.
When the PPR was taken over by the Central South African Railways (CSAR), the locomotives were given track numbers 209 to 214. The South African Railways (SAR) took over all six copies as class D in 1910 and gave them the numbers 56 to 61.
The locomotives were used in suburban traffic, for which part of them was relocated to the Cape Province . Around 1930 they were retired; no copy has survived.
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 .
Web links
- Photography and technical data (English)
Remarks
- ↑ Inconsistent sources, possibly also 208–213.