![]() ![]() They were dispatched from the builders in September 1914 and numbered NG37 and NG38. The other two were built by Kerr, Stuart and Company. The first one of these was also built by Bagnall and delivered in 1914, numbered NG36. Ī further three locomotives, with slightly longer boilers, were ordered by the SAR in 1913. The six Type B locomotives were allocated SAR numbers NG27 to NG32. In 1912, the narrow-gauge locomotives were included in the South African Railways (SAR) renumbering scheme and were allocated new engine numbers with an "NG" prefix, but they were not arranged in locomotive classes. 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 were only implemented with effect from 1 January 1912. When the Union of South Africa was established on, 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. The locomotives were all placed in service on the Langkloof line between Port Elizabeth and Avontuur and became the mainstay of motive power on the Avontuur branch. 1, was contemplated for the Avontuur line, the railway renumbering lists of 1910 show these locomotives as numbered in the range from 33 to 38. While it is possible that a separate numbering scheme, also beginning at no. 6, but this is possibly incorrect, since numbers 1 to 4 had, at the time, already been allocated to the CGR's Baldwin 2-6-0 locomotives of 1902, which worked on the Hopefield line. ![]() The Bagnall works list show these first six locomotives as numbered from no. It was claimed that these locomotives could attain a speed of 30 miles per hour (48 kilometres per hour) on the level and haul a load of 100 long tons (100 tonnes) up a 1 in 40 (2½%) grade. The order initially specified the same 2-6-0 wheel arrangement, but experience with the three Hopefield locomotives led to the decision to alter the design specifications to 4-6-0. Although the Type B locomotives were built by a British company, they had the same typically American construction and appearance as the Baldwin locomotives. They had bar frames, copper fireboxes and used Stephenson valve gear. The design of the locomotive was based on the Baldwin-built 2-6-0 locomotives which had been acquired for use on the Hopefield line in 1902. They were dispatched from the factory between May and August 1904 and, when they entered service later in the same year, were classified as Type B by the CGR. The Cape Government Railways (CGR) ordered six narrow-gauge locomotives with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement and eight-wheeled bogie tenders from W. When a system of grouping narrow-gauge locomotives into classes was eventually introduced somewhere between 19, they were all to be classified as Class NG8, but had already been withdrawn from service. Ī further three "Improved B" locomotives were placed in service by the South African Railways in 1914. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered with an "NG" prefix to their new numbers. In 1904, the Cape Government Railways placed six Type B 4-6-0 steam locomotives in service on the Avontuur 2 feet (610 millimetres) narrow-gauge line in the Langkloof. The South African Railways Class NG8 4-6-0 of 1904 was a narrow-gauge steam locomotive from the pre- Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. ![]()
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