CGR NG 0-4-0T

CGR NG 0-4-0T

CGR 0-4-0T with a makeshift water tender and coach
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Krauss & Company
Builder Krauss & Company
Specifications
Configuration 0-4-0T (Four-coupled)
Driver 2nd coupled axle
Gauge 2 ft (610 mm) narrow
Adhesive weight 5 LT (5,080 kg)
Loco weight 5 LT (5,080 kg) w/o
Fuel type Coal
Firebox type Round-top
Cylinders Two
Couplers Buffer and chains
Career
Operators Cape Government Railways
Number in class 1
Delivered 1902
First run 1903

The Cape Government Railways NG 0-4-0T is a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.

The Cape Government Railways acquired a single small 0-4-0T side-tank locomotive, for use as construction engine on the Avontuur branch, probably at the same time that it acquired its single 0-6-0T narrow gauge steam locomotive in 1903.[1][2]

Manufacturer

A single locomotive, built by Krauss & Company, was purchased by the Cape Government Railways (CGR) c. 1903 and placed in service as construction engine on the narrow gauge Avontuur branch out of Port Elizabeth.[1][2]

Service

The engine weighed approximately 5 long tons (5 tonnes) in full working order. The main picture shows it hauling a makeshift water tender, consisting of a water tank on a two-axle goods truck, and a single passenger coach.[1]

After completion of the Avontuur line, the locomotive was occasionally used for picnic parties of from 12 to 20 persons. Its fate is not known, except that it was no longer in Railways service when the South African Railways was established in 1912.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. 254-255.
  2. 1 2 3 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. 233. ISBN 9 780620 512282.
  3. Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
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