SAR class K
| SAR class K | |
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_Playing_Cards.jpg) SAR class K
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| Numbering: | SAR: 347-353 |
| Number: | 7th |
| Manufacturer: | North British |
| Year of construction (s): | 1915 |
| Retirement: | 1940 |
| Type : | 2'C2 'h2t |
| Gauge : | 1067 mm ( cape track ) |
| Length over coupling: | 12,687 mm |
| Service mass: | 72.0 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 12.2 t |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 1,219 mm |
| Cylinder diameter: | 432 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 610 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | 110.2 N / cm² |
| Grate area: | 1.71 m² |
| Train brake: | Suction air brake |
The class K vehicles of the South African Railways (SAR) were tank locomotives with a 2'C2 ' wheel arrangement.
During the First World War there was a shortage of locomotives at the SAR, which is why seven locomotives, which had actually been built by North British in 1915 for the Manila Railway in the Philippines , were instead delivered to South Africa.
The locomotives were used in the passenger train service between Springs and Randfontein in Transvaal (now Gauteng ), where they supplemented the class F locomotives . Unlike these, the K class locomotives were equipped with Walschaerts controls and superheaters .
The locomotives were retired in 1940; no copy has survived.
See also
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 .
- John N. Middleton: Railways of Southern Africa. Locomotive guide. 5th edition. Beyer-Garratt Publications, Rickmansworth 1994, ISBN 0-620-18548-1 .
Web links
Commons : SAR Class K - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Photography and technical data (English)
Remarks
- ↑ The web link mentions 1917, but since the page is based on the book by Paxton and Bourne, it is probably a typo