South African NG 0-4-0T 1899

Rand Mines NG 0-4-0T 1899
South African NG 0-4-0T 1899

South African NG 0-4-0T of 1899, ex Rand Mines

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Avonside Engine Company
Builder	Avonside Engine Company
Model	Avonside "Imperial" Class
Build date	1899-1900

Specifications
Configuration	0-4-0T (Four-coupled)
Driver	2nd coupled axle
Gauge	Two 2 ft (610 mm) narrow One 20 in (508 mm) narrow
Coupled dia.	20 in (508 mm)
Wheelbase	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Length:
• Over couplers	12 ft 9 in (3,886 mm)
• Over beams	10 ft 6 in (3,200 mm)
Height	8 ft 4 in (2,540 mm)
Frame type	Plate
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	4 long hundredweight (203 kg)
Water cap	110 imp gal (500 l)
Firebox type	Round-top
• Firegrate area	5.5 sq ft (0.51 m²)
Boiler:
• Pitch	4 ft (1,219 mm)
Boiler pressure	120 psi (827 kPa)
Safety valve	Ramsbottom
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	7 in (178 mm) bore 10 in (254 mm) stroke
Valve gear	Stephenson

Performance figures
Tractive effort	2,572 lbf (11.44 kN) @ 75%

Career
Operators	Rand Mines Limited Reynolds Brothers Sugar Estates South African Railways
Number in class	3
Numbers	NG91, NG92, NG95
Delivered	1899-1900
First run	1899
Withdrawn	1918

The South African Railways NG 0-4-0T of 1899 was a narrow gauge steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal and Natal.

In 1899, Rand Mines acquired two narrow gauge 0-4-0 tank steam locomotives from Avonside Engine Company and, in 1900, a similar locomotive was delivered to Reynolds Brothers Sugar Estates of Esperanza in Natal. In 1915, when an urgent need arose for additional narrow gauge locomotives in German South West Africa during the First World War, these three locomotives were purchased second-hand by the South African Railways.^[1]^[2]

Manufacturer

In 1899, Avonside Engine Company delivered two 24 inches (610 millimetres) gauge locomotives to Rand Mines on the Witwatersrand. In 1900, a third similar locomotive, but of 20 inches (508 millimetres) gauge, was delivered to Reynolds Brothers Sugar Estates in Natal. The latter was one of several of the same type which saw service on the Reynolds, Huletts and Chakaskraal sugar plantations in Natal.^[1]

South African Railways purchase

In 1915, while the military campaign was being waged against German forces in Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika (DSWA, now Namibia) during the First World War, an urgent need arose for additional locomotives for use on the narrow gauge lines in that territory. The South African Railways (SAR) therefore purchased these three 0-4-0T locomotives second-hand on behalf of the Defence Department. The two engines from Rand Mines were numbered NG91 and NG92, while the engine from Reynolds Brothers was numbered NG95. Since a narrow gauge locomotive classification system had not yet been implemented on the SAR, they were not classified.^[1]^[2]

Service

Whether all three were placed in service by the SAR is not certain, since engine no. NG95 from Reynolds Brothers would not be usable without first being regauged to 24 inches (610 millimetres) gauge. It is also unclear whether any of them were actually placed in service in DSWA or whether they were used to replace other SAR narrow gauge locomotives which had been commandeered by the Union Defence Forces for war service in DSWA.^[1]

The locomotives were withdrawn from SAR service and sold towards the end of the war in 1918.^[1]^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. p. 114. ISBN 0869772112.
1 2 Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1945). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, October 1945. p. 781.
↑ 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. pp. 232–233. ISBN 9 780620 512282.

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