SAR class NGG 14
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.jpg) Class NGG 14 No. NG 84, circa 1931
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| Numbering: | NG 84 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | Hanomag |
| Year of construction (s): | 1928 |
| Retirement: | 1950s |
| Type : | (1'C1 ') (1'C1') h4 (Garratt) |
| Gauge : | 610 mm |
| Service mass: | 38.3 t |
| Friction mass: | 24 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 4 t |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 762 mm |
| Impeller diameter: | k. A. |
| Cylinder diameter: | 228 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 406 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | 124.1 N / cm² |
| Grate area: | 0.98 m² |
| Radiant heating surface: | 4.18 m² |
| Tubular heating surface: | 53.1 m² |
| Superheater area : | 9 m² |
| Train brake: | Suction air brake |
The single piece of class NGG 14 of the South African Railways (SAR) was a steam locomotive of the type Garratt for 610-mm narrow gauge lines with particularly light superstructure. The machine delivered by Hanomag in 1928 with the serial number 10747 largely corresponded to the two locomotives of the NGG 12 class , but was somewhat larger and heavier.
The locomotive supplemented one of the two NGG 12 on the route between Fort Beaufort and Seymour . In 1940 the line was converted to Cape Gauge, and the two locomotives were put on the Upington - Kakamas line , where the second NGG 12 was already in service. In 1949 the gauging was also completed there. While the two NGG 12 were sold to a mine, the NGG 14 was moved to the Estcourt - Weenen route , where it was still in use for a few years. Eventually it was replaced by an older but more powerful NGG 11 and scrapped.
literature
- AE Durrant: Garratt locomotives of the world. Birkhäuser, Basel et al. 1984, ISBN 3-7643-1481-8 .
