CGR NG 0-4-0T
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The Cape Government Railways NG 0-4-0T was 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 [[CGR NG 0-6-0T|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]
According to the Krauss works records, the locomotive was built in 1891 with works number 2479 and delivered to "Baare, Berlin, f. Port Elizabeth". The engine's year of construction was more than a decade before construction work began on either the Hopefield or Avontuur narrow-gauge railway lines. Neither the original owner of the engine nor its actual year of arrival in Port Elizabeth is known.[1][3][4]
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 railway, the locomotive was occasionally used for picnic parties of from 12 to 20 persons. Its ultimate fate is not known, except that it was no longer in Railways service when the South African Railways renumbering scheme was executed in 1912.[1][2][5]
References
- ^ a b c d e 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. 253-255.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Schmeiser, Bernard (1977). Krauss-Lokomotiven. Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, Wien. ISBN 3-900134-36-7.
- ^ Soul of A Railway, System 3, Part 1: Cape Midland, based in Port Elizabeth, Part 1, The Port Elizabeth Narrow Gauge. Caption 2. Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed on 10 December 2016)
- ^ 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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- CGR 0-4-0ST Aid
- CGR 0-4-0ST 1873
- CGR 0-4-0ST 1874
- CGR 0-4-0ST 1881
- CGR 0-4-0ST 1881 Coffee Pot
- CGR 0-6-0ST
- CGR 0-6-0T
- 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 BP
- 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
- CGR 1st Class 4-4-0
- CGR 1st Class 4-4-0T
- CGR 1st Class 4-4-0TT
- 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 1882 Joy
- 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's
- 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
- Cape Copper 0-6-0T
- Cape Copper Britannia
- Cape Copper Caledonia
- Cape Copper Clara
- Cape Copper Condenser
- Cape Copper Scotia
- Namaqua Copper Pioneer
- Walvis Bay Hope
- 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