CGR 1st Class 4-4-0T 1875

This article is about one of several different Cape Government Railways locomotive types to be designated "1st Class". For other CGR 1st Class locomotives, see Cape Government Railways 1st Class locomotives.

CGR 1st Class 4-4-0T 1875
Metropolitan & Suburban 4-4-0T
South African Class 01 4-4-0T 1875

No. 6 with optional tender no. 4, c. 1880

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Robert Stephenson and Company
Builder	Robert Stephenson and Company Neilson and Company
Serial number	Stephenson 2224-2230 Neilson 2553-2556
Build date	1875-1880
Total produced	11

Specifications
Configuration	4-4-0T (American)
Driver	1st coupled axle
Gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Leading dia.	27 in (686 mm)
Coupled dia.	48 in (1,219 mm)
Wheelbase: • Engine	16 ft 9 ¹⁄₂ in (5,118 mm)
• Leading	4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm)
• Coupled	6 ft 6 in (1,981 mm)
• Tender	4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm)
Length:
• Over couplers	26 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in (8,217 mm)
Height	12 ft (3,658 mm)
Frame type	Plate
Axle load	8 LT 2 cwt (8,230 kg)
• Leading	7 LT 0 cwt 3 qtr (7,150 kg)
• 1st coupled	7 LT 4 cwt 3 qtr (7,354 kg)
• 2nd coupled	8 LT 2 cwt (8,230 kg)
Adhesive weight	15 LT 6 cwt 3 qtr (15,580 kg)
Loco weight	22 LT 7 cwt 1 qtr (22,720 kg)
Tender type	2-axle
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	15 long hundredweight (0.8 t)
Water cap	450 imp gal (2,050 l)
Tender cap	900 imp gal (4,090 l)
Firebox type	Round-top
• Firegrate area	10 sq ft (0.93 m²)
Boiler:
• Pitch	6 ft (1,829 mm)
• Tube plates	9 ft (2,743 mm)
Boiler pressure	130 psi (896 kPa)
Safety valve	Salter
Heating surface	546 sq ft (50.7 m²)
• Tubes	500 sq ft (46 m²)
• Firebox	46 sq ft (4.3 m²)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	13 in (330 mm) bore 18 in (457 mm) stroke
Valve gear	Stephenson
Couplers	Bell link-and-pin

Performance figures
Tractive effort	6,180 lbf (27.5 kN) @ 75%

Career
Operators	Cape Government Railways Metropolitan & Suburban Ry. South African Railways
Class	CGR 1st Class
Number in class	11
Numbers	W3-W6, M11-M13, M40-M43
Delivered	1875-1880
First run	1875

The Cape Government Railways 1st Class 4-4-0T of 1875 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.

In 1875, the Cape Government Railways placed seven tank locomotives with a 4-4-0 American type wheel arrangement in service on its Cape Western and Cape Midland systems. Four more entered service in 1880, but these were delivered as tank-and-tender locomotives with optional water tenders.^[1]

Manufacturers

Seven 4-4-0 side-tank locomotives were built for the Cape Government Railways (CGR) by Robert Stephenson and Company in 1875, numbered in the range from W3 to W6 in the Western System's number range and M11 to M13 in the Midland System's number range.^[1]^[2]

Since they were found to be fast and reliable engines, four more were delivered in 1880, built by Neilson and Company and numbered in the range from M40 to M43 in the Midland System's number range. They were practically identical to the previous seven, but sported some minor improvements and were built as tank-and-tender locomotives, equipped with small optional four-wheeled water tenders with a capacity of 900 imperial gallons (4,090 litres). They were all designated 1st Class when a locomotive classification system was introduced by the CGR.^[1]

Characteristics

The locomotive had a round-topped firebox. The cylinders were inclined and arranged outside the engine frame, while the slide valves were actuated by Stephenson Link motion. The cab sides of the early locomotives were not enclosed, but were equipped with canvas roller blinds to offer the crew some protection against the elements.^[3]

The later versions of the locomotive had enclosed cab sides. These engines were slightly longer, with larger water tanks, and had larger firebox and boiler heating surfaces, with an increased boiler pressure.^[3]

Service

Cape Government Railways

In service, the locomotives were operated with or without the tenders, as circumstances demanded. In practice, they were used in the tank engine configuration while performing shunting work and in the tank-and-tender configuration when an increased coal and water supply was required while working over longer distances. Since the tender had no coal bunker, bags of additional coal were often carried on top of the tender.^[1]

The locomotives worked both passenger and mixed goods trains. They performed fairly well with the original 6 long tons (6.1 tonnes) four-wheeled carriages which were in use while passenger numbers were still limited. With increasing passenger traffic, heavier carriages on bogies were introduced, which led to the locomotives being withdrawn from mainline work and relegated to shunting work, a role in which they remained useful for many years.^[3]

Metropolitan & Suburban Railway

No. 4 on the Metropolitan & Suburban Railway, c. 1892

When the Green and Seapoint Company was established in 1887, with the object to construct a private suburban railway line to Sea Point in Cape Town, two of these locomotives, no. 3 and 4 (W3 and W4), were acquired from the CGR for use as construction engines.^[1]^[2]^[4]^[5]

Following two bankruptcies, the line was eventually opened on 1 September 1892 by a third company, the Metropolitan and Suburban Railway Company, under the chairmanship of Mr. John Walker. The two locomotives were then employed as passenger locomotives. The line was not financially viable, however, and the Metropolitan and Suburban also went into liquidation on 19 July 1898. The railway and its operations were eventually taken over by the Cape government and the Sea Point line was re-opened by the CGR in December 1905.^[1]^[2]^[4]^[5]

South African Railways

When the Union of South Africa was established on 31 May 1910, the three Colonial government railways (CGR, Natal Government Railways and Central South African Railways) were united under a single administration to control and administer the railways, ports and harbours of the Union. Although the South African Railways and Harbours came into existence in 1910, the actual classification and renumbering of all the rolling stock of the three constituent railways required careful planning and was only implemented with effect from 1 January 1912.^[5]^[6]

According to some sources, two of these locomotives, one from each batch with numbers 413 and 441 (M13 and M41), were sold to the Nyasaland Railways at some stage. Serious doubt exists, however, that these engines ever went to Nyasaland, since no evidence of such a sale has come to light and since both locomotives are referred to in the South African Railways (SAR) renumbering and classification lists of 1912.^[1]^[7]^[2]^[6]

By 1904, five of the locomotives had been scrapped or sold and, by 1912, the only survivors were the two locomotives which had allegedly earlier been sold to Nyasaland and which, at the time, were both found to be rostered at Uitenhage on the Midland system. They were considered obsolete by the SAR and were excluded from the classification schedules, but were renumbered by having the numeral "0" prefixed to their existing numbers.^[2]^[6]

Renumbering

All these locomotives were renumbered at least once, whenever the CGR adopted a new numbering system. By 1886, the system prefixes had been dropped, with the "W" omitted from the locomotive numbers on the Western System and the "M" replaced by the numeral "1" on the Midland. Further renumbering was applied to the Midland locomotives by 1890 and again by 1896, when first the leading numeral "1" was replaced by the numeral "2" by 1890, and again when the leading numeral "2" was, in turn, replaced by the numeral "4" by 1896.^[1]^[2]

The builders, works numbers, year built, configuration, original numbers and renumberings of the Cape 1st Class of 1875 are shown in the table.^[1]^[2]^[6]

**CGR 1st Class 4-4-0T and 4-4-0TT of 1875**
Builder	Works no.	Year built	Config.	Orig. no.	1886 no.	1890 no.	1896 no.	1904 no.	Notes
Stephenson	2224	1875	4-4-0T	W3	3				Sold to M&S 1887
Stephenson	2225	1875	4-4-0T	W4	4				Sold to M&S 1887
Stephenson	2226	1875	4-4-0T	W5	5	5	5		Scrapped 1898
Stephenson	2227	1875	4-4-0T	W6	6	6	6	6	Scrapped by 1911
Stephenson	2228	1875	4-4-0T	M11	111	211	411	411	Scrapped by 1911
Stephenson	2229	1875	4-4-0T	M12	112	212	412	412	Scrapped by 1911
Stephenson	2230	1875	4-4-0T	M13	113	213	413	413	SAR 0413
Neilson	2553	1880	4-4-0TT	M40	140	240	440		Scrapped by 1904
Neilson	2554	1880	4-4-0TT	M41	141	241	441	441	SAR 0441
Neilson	2555	1880	4-4-0TT	M42	142	242	442		Scrapped by 1904
Neilson	2556	1880	4-4-0TT	M43	143	243	443	443	Scrapped by 1911

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 1: 1859-1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 25–26, 76–77. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94-95.
1 2 3 Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1943). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter II - The Adoption of the 3 ft. 6 in. Gauge on the Cape Government Railways. South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, July 1943. pp. 515-518.
1 2 Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1944). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter II - The Cape Government Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, April 1944. pp. 253-257.
1 2 3 The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, pp. 24-25.
1 2 3 4 Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office, Pretoria, January 1912, p. 2. (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
↑ Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent - Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains - 1860-2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. p. 36. ISBN 9 780620 512282.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to CGR 1st Class 4-4-0 1875.

Locomotives of the Cape of Good Hope

7' ¼" gauge	East London 0-4-0 Table Bay 0-4-0ST Table Bay 0-4-0T Table Bay 0-4-0WT

4' 8½" gauge	Cape 0-4-0T Cape 0-4-2 Cape 2-4-0T CGR 0-4-0ST Aid

3' 6" gauge	CGR 0-4-0ST 1873 CGR 0-4-0ST 1874 CGR 0-4-0ST 1881 Coffee Pot CGR 0-6-0ST 1902 CGR 0-6-0T 1876 Back-to-Back CGR 2-6-0ST 1900 CGR 2-6-0ST 1902 CGR 1st Class 0-4-0ST 1875 CGR 1st Class 0-4-0ST 1876 CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 Beyer, Peacock CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 Kitson CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1879 CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1891 CGR 1st Class 2-6-0ST 1876 CGR 1st Class 4-4-0 1879 CGR 1st Class 4-4-0T 1875 CGR 1st Class 4-4-0TT 1881 CGR 2nd Class 2-6-2TT CGR 2nd Class 4-4-0T CGR 3rd Class 2-6-0T CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1883 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1884 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1889 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1898 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1901 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1903 CGR 4th Class 4-4-2 CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1880 CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1882 CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1884 CGR 5th Class 1890 CGR 5th Class 1891 CGR 6th Class 1893 CGR 6th Class 1896 CGR 6th Class 1897 CGR 6th Class 1898 CGR 6th Class 1900 CGR 6th Class 1901 Baldwin CGR 6th Class 1901 Schenectady CGR 6th Class 1901 Neilson Reid CGR 6th Class 1902 CGR 6th Class 1904 CGR 6th Class 2-6-2 CGR 6th Class 2-6-4 CGR 7th Class 1892 CGR 7th Class 1896 CGR 7th Class 1902 CGR 8th Class 1901 CGR 8th Class 1902 CGR 8th Class 2-8-0 1903 CGR 8th Class 4-8-0 1903 CGR 8th Class 4-8-0 1903 Exp CGR 8th Class 2-8-0 1904 CGR 8th Class 4-8-0 1904 CGR 9th Class 1903 CGR 9th Class 1906 CGR 10th Class CGR Fairlie CGR Karoo 1903 CGR Karoo 1904 CGR Karoo Compound CGR Kitson-Meyer CGR Mountain 4-8-2 CGR Railmotor CGR Tandem Compound 1902 CGR Tandem Compound 1903 Kowie Railway 0-6-0T Kowie Railway 4-4-0T Metropolitan & Suburban 4-6-2T NCCR 7th Class 1899 NCCR 7th Class 1913 Port Elizabeth 0-4-0ST

2' 6" gauge	Cape Copper 0-6-0T 1871 Cape Copper Britannia Cape Copper Caledonia Cape Copper Clara Class Cape Copper Condenser Cape Copper Scotia Class Namaqua Copper Pioneer

2' gauge	CGR Baldwin 2-6-0 CGR NG 0-4-0T CGR NG 0-6-0T CGR NG 4-6-2T CGR Type A CGR Type B CGR Type C

List of South African locomotive classes South African locomotive history

Locomotives of South Africa

Steam

7' ¼" gauge	East London Harbour 0-4-0 Table Bay Harbour 0-4-0ST Table Bay Harbour 0-4-0T Table Bay Harbour 0-4-0WT

4' 8½" gauge	Cape 0-4-0T Blackie Cape 0-4-2 Cape 2-4-0T CGR 0-4-0ST Aid Natal 0-4-0ST Durban Natal 0-4-0WT Natal Natal 4-4-0T Perseverance

3' 6" gauge Tank engines	CGR 0-4-0ST 1873 CGR 0-4-0ST 1874 CGR 0-4-0ST 1881 Coffee Pot CGR 0-6-0ST 1902 CGR 0-6-0T 1876 Back-to-Back CGR 2-6-0ST 1900 CGR 2-6-0ST 1902 CGR 1st Class 0-4-0ST 1875 CGR 1st Class 0-4-0ST 1876 CGR 1st Class 2-6-0ST 1876 CGR 1st Class 4-4-0T 1875 CGR 2nd Class 4-4-0T 1882 CGR 3rd Class 2-6-0T CGR Railmotor CSAR Class C CSAR Class E CSAR Rack CSAR Railmotor DSWA Eight-Coupled Tank 2-8-0T Durban's Congella Durban's Edward Innes Durban's John Milne Durban's Sir Albert Port Elizabeth Harbour 0-4-0ST Kowie Railway 0-6-0T Kowie Railway 4-4-0T Metropolitan & Suburban 4-6-2T NGR 2-6-0T Durban & Pietermaritzburg NGR Class I 2-6-2T NGR Class K 0-4-0ST NGR Class K 0-6-0ST NGR Class K 2-6-0T NZASM 10 Tonner NZASM 13 Tonner NZASM 14 Tonner NZASM 18 Tonner NZASM 19 Tonner NZASM 32 Tonner NZASM 40 Tonner PPR 26 Tonner PPR 35 Tonner Portuguese SAR 0-4-0ST 1903 SAR 0-4-0T no. 69 SAR Class A SAR Class B SAR Class C SAR Class C1 SAR Class C2 SAR Class D SAR Class E SAR Class F SAR Class G SAR Class H SAR Class H1 SAR Class H2 SAR Class J SAR Class K SAR Clayton

3' 6" gauge Tender engines	CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 Beyer, Peacock CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 Kitson CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1879 CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1891 CGR 1st Class 4-4-0 1879 CGR 1st Class 4-4-0TT 1881 CGR 2nd Class 2-6-2TT 1875 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1883 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1884 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1889 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1898 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1901 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1903 CGR 4th Class 4-4-2 CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1880 CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1882 CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1884 CGR 5th Class 4-6-0 1890 CGR 5th Class 4-6-0 1891 DSWA Eight-Coupled Tender 2-8-0 NGR Havelock NGR Class I SAR Class Exp 1 SAR Class Exp 2 SAR Class Exp 3 SAR Class Exp 4 SAR Class Exp 5 SAR Class Exp 6 SAR Class S SAR Class S1 SAR Class S2 SAR Class 1 SAR Class 1A SAR Class 1B SAR Class 2 SAR Class 2C SAR Class 3 SAR Class 3A SAR Class 3B SAR Class 4 SAR Class 4A SAR Class 5 SAR Class 5A SAR Class 5B SAR Class 6 SAR Class 6A SAR Class 6B SAR Class 6C SAR Class 6D SAR Class 6E SAR Class 6F SAR Class 6G SAR Class 6H SAR Class 6J SAR Class 6K SAR Class 6L SAR Class 6Y SAR Class 6Z SAR Class 7 SAR Class 7A SAR Class 7B SAR Class 7C SAR Class 7D SAR Class 7E SAR Class 7F SAR Class 8 SAR Class 8A SAR Class 8B SAR Class 8C SAR Class 8D SAR Class 8E SAR Class 8F SAR Class 8R SAR Class 8X SAR Class 8Y SAR Class 8Z SAR Class 9 SAR Class 10 SAR Class 10A SAR Class 10B SAR Class 10C SAR Class 10D SAR Class 11 SAR Class 12 SAR Class 12A SAR Class 12B SAR Class 13 SAR Class 14 SAR Class 14A SAR Class 14B SAR Class 14C 1st SAR Class 14C 2nd SAR Class 14C 3rd SAR Class 14C 4th SAR Class 15 SAR Class 15A SAR Class 15B SAR Class 15C SAR Class 15CA SAR Class 15E SAR Class 15F SAR Class 16 SAR Class 16A SAR Class 16B SAR Class 16C SAR Class 16D SAR Class 16DA SAR Class 16E SAR Class 17 SAR Class 18 SAR Class 19 SAR Class 19A SAR Class 19B SAR Class 19C SAR Class 19D SAR Class 20 SAR Class 21 SAR Class 23 SAR Class 24 SAR Class 25 SAR Class 25NC SAR Class 26 SAR Katanga

3' 6" gauge Articulated engines	CGR Fairlie CGR Kitson-Meyer SAR Class FC SAR Class FD SAR Class GA SAR Class GB SAR Class GC SAR Class GCA SAR Class GD SAR Class GDA SAR Class GE SAR Class GEA SAR Class GF SAR Class GG SAR Class GH SAR Class GK SAR Class GL SAR Class GM SAR Class GMA SAR Class GO SAR Class HF SAR Class KM SAR Class MA SAR Class MB SAR Class MC SAR Class MC1 SAR Class MD SAR Class ME SAR Class MF SAR Class MG SAR Class MH SAR Class MJ SAR Class MJ1 SAR Class U

2' 6" gauge	Cape Copper 0-6-0T 1871 Cape Copper Britannia Cape Copper Caledonia Cape Copper Clara Cape Copper Condenser Cape Copper Scotia Namaqua Copper Pioneer

2' & 600mm gauges	ACR Class NG-G16A CGR NG 0-6-0T CGR NG 4-6-2T CGR Type A 2-6-4T CGR Type C 0-4-0T DSWA Class Ha DSWA Class Hb DSWA Class Hc DSWA Class Hd DSWA Jung DSWA Zwillinge NGR Class N 4-6-2T SAR Dutton SAR NG 0-4-0T 1899 SAR Class NG1 SAR Class NG2 SAR Class NG3 SAR Class NG4 SAR Class NG5 SAR Class NG6 SAR Class NG7 SAR Class NG8 SAR Class NG9 SAR Class NG10 SAR Class NG-G11 SAR Class NG-G12 SAR Class NG-G13 SAR Class NG-G14 SAR Class NG15 SAR Class NG-G16

Electric

Amcoal Class E38

Gas-electric

Gas-electric

Diesel

3' 6" gauge Diesel-electric	PRASA Class Afro 4000 SAR Class DS SAR Class DS1 SAR Class 31-000 SAR Class 32-000 SAR Class 32-200 SAR Class 33-000 SAR Class 33-200 SAR Class 33-400 SAR Class 34-000 SAR Class 34-200 SAR Class 34-400 SAR Class 34-500 SAR Class 34-600 SAR Class 34-800 SAR Class 34-900 SAR Class 35-000 SAR Class 35-200 SAR Class 35-400 SAR Class 35-600 SAR Class 36-000 SAR Class 36-200 SAR Class 37-000 Spoornet Class 39-000 TFR Class 35-800 TFR Class 39-200 TFR Class 43-000 TFR Class 44-000

2' gauge Diesel-electric	SAR Class 91-000

3' 6" gauge Diesel-hydraulic	SAR Class 61-000

3' 6" gauge Electro-diesel	Spoornet Class 38-000

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 29, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.