CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1901

This article is about one of several different Cape Government Railways locomotive types to be designated "3rd Class". For other CGR 3rd Class locomotives, see Cape Government Railways 3rd Class locomotives.

CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1901
South African Class 03 4-4-0 1901

300px CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 of 1901 Wynberg Tender

Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Cape Government Railways (H.M. Beatty) Builder Sharp, Stewart and Company Serial number 4710-4715 Build date 1901 Total produced 6

Specifications Configuration 4-4-0 (American) Driver axle 1st coupled axle Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge Leading dia Coupled dia 60 in (1,524 mm) Tender wheels 37 in (940 mm) Wheelbase  • Engine  • Leading 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)  • Coupled 7 ft (2,134 mm)  • Tender 10 ft (3,048 mm) Length:  • Over couplers 49 ft 9 in (15,164 mm) Height 12 ft 10 in (3,912 mm) Axle load  • Leading  • Tender axle Axle 1: Axle 2: Axle 3: Adhesive weight Loco weight Tender weight Loco & tender weight Tender type 3-axle Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 5 LT (5.1 t) Water cap Boiler:  • Pitch 6 ft 9 in (2,057 mm)  • Diameter  • Tube plates  • Firebox type Round-top Boiler pressure 165 psi (1,138 kPa) Safety valve Ramsbottom Firegrate area 16.8 sq ft (1.56 m2) Heating surface 942 sq ft (87.5 m2)  • Tubes 850 sq ft (79 m2)  • Firebox 92 sq ft (8.5 m2) Cylinders Two Cylinder size 17 in (432 mm) bore 24 in (610 mm) stroke Valve gear Stephenson Couplers Bell link-and-pin

Performance figures Tractive effort 14,310 lbf (63.7 kN) @ 75%

Career Operators Cape Government Railways South African Railways Class CGR 3rd Class, SAR Class 03 Number in class 6 Numbers 6-11 Nicknames Wynberg Tender Delivered 1901 First run 1901 Withdrawn c. 1932

The Cape Government Railways 3rd Class 4-4-0 of 1901 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.

In 1901, the Cape Government Railways placed another six 3rd Class Wynberg Tender locomotives with a 4-4-0 American type wheel arrangement in suburban service in Cape Town. It was a heavier and more powerful version of the 3rd Class locomotive of 1898.

Manufacturer

Six more 3rd Class Wynberg Tender passenger locomotives entered service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR) in 1901, for suburban service in Cape Town. They were built by Sharp, Stewart and Company and numbered in the range from 6 to 11.

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H.M. Beatty

Also designed by H.M. Beatty, these locomotives were very similar in design to the 3rd Class 4-4-0 of 1898, but larger and more powerful. They were built for speed and had the largest coupled wheels of any locomotive on the CGR to date, at 60 inches (1,524 millimetres) diameter.

In later years, this driving wheel size became the accepted size for mixed traffic and general purpose locomotives on mainline service in South Africa. During the rest of the steam era in South Africa, only four locomotive types were to be introduced with larger driving wheels, post-delivery modifi­cations excluded.

Service

Cape Government Railways

These locomotives were also known as Wynberg Tenders. They were also delivered with reverse running in mind, with a weatherboard mounted on the tender front to protect the crew from the elements when running tender first. These weatherboards were later removed, possibly when a turntable was constructed at the Simon's Town terminal.

South African Railways

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Wynberg tender no. 09, c. 1920

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.

In 1912, the six locomotives were considered obsolete by the SAR, designated Class 03 and renumbered by having the numeral "0" prefixed to their existing numbers. In SAR service, they continued to work Cape Town's suburban trains. Despite being considered obsolete, all six engines survived until c. 1918, when two were withdrawn from service. The other four survived in service until after 1931.

Works numbers

The works numbers, original numbers and renumbering of the Cape 3rd Class of 1901 are listed in the table.

CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 of 1901

Works no.	Orig. no.	SAR no.
4710	6	06
4711	7	07
4712	8	08
4713	9	09
4714	10	010
4715	11	011