NGR Class K 0-6-0ST
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NGR Class K locomotive no. 15, c. 1880
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The 2nd coupled axle had flangeless wheels |
The Natal Government Railways Class K 0-6-0ST of 1880 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Natal Colony.
In 1880, the Natal Government Railways placed a single 0-6-0ST saddle-tank locomotive in service. It was virtually identical to the Natal Harbours Department's locomotive John Milne of 1879 and was built by the same manufacturer. During 1905 or 1906, the locomotive became part of the Natal Government Railways Class K.[1][2][3][4]
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Manufacturer
In 1880, the Natal Government Railways (NGR) placed an order for a 0-6-0ST saddle-tank locomotive with Hunslet Engine Company in Leeds. It was virtually identical to the locomotive John Milne, which had been supplied to the Natal Harbours Department from the same manufacturer in 1879, having been built to the same design, but with some differences in detail, such as is visible on the sides of their respective smokeboxes. The locomotive was numbered 15 in the NGR number range, following on from the numbers allocated to the NGR's first batch of Kitson-built Class G 2-6-0T locomotives of 1879.[1][2][3][5][6]
Service
The NGR's no. 15 was still in service by 1909. During 1905 or 1906 a locomotive classification system was introduced on the NGR and no. 15 became part of the NGR Class K, which consisted of a potpourri of different tank locomotive types which included two 0-4-0ST locomotives of 1891 and the surviving four of the 2-6-0T locomotives of 1877.[4][6]
Disposition
It is not known whether the locomotive had been scrapped or sold by 1912, but it was no longer in service when the South African Railways (SAR) renumbering and classification was implemented in 1912, since it does not appear in the classification and renumbering lists issued by the SAR Chief Mechanical Engineer in January 1912.[1][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Railway Report for year ending 31 Dec. 1904, Natal Government Railways, Annexure B, Durban, January 1905.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NGR Class K of 1879, John Milne & no. 15
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Railway Report for year ending 31 Dec. 1906, Natal Government Railways.
- ↑ The Railway Report for year ending 31 Dec. 1880, Natal Government Railways, p. JJ72.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Railway Report for year ending 31 Dec. 1908, Natal Government Railways, p. 39, par 14.
- ↑ 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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