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South African Class H2 4-8-2T
The South African Railways Class H2 4-8-2T of 1909 was a steam locomotive from the pre- Union era in the Colony of Natal. Between 1899 and 1903, the Natal Government Railways placed 101 tank steam locomotives in service. By 1910, five of them had been converted to a wheel arrangement and in 1912, when the South African Railways classification and renumbering of locomotives took place, these five were designated Class H2.Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 7, 11, 13, 23 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000) Origin The requirement for a tank locomotive which could haul at least one-and-a-half times as much as a Dübs A locomotive on the mainline of the Natal Government Railways (NGR) resulted in the design of a tank locomotive by NGR Locomotive Superintendent G.W. Reid. Altogether 101 of these locomotives were built by Dübs and Company and North Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natal Government Railways
The Natal Government Railways (NGR) was formed in January 1877 in the Colony of Natal. In 1877, the Natal Government Railways acquired the Natal Railway Company for the sum of £40,000, gaining the line from the Point to Durban and from Durban to Umgeni. This move, inspired in part by the neighbouring Cape Prime Minister John Molteno's 1873 establishment of the Cape Government Railways, was intended to drive the extension of Natal's railways inland, towards the Drakensberg and eventually the Orange Free State. The Natal Government Railways also adopted the Cape gauge. The core line went from Durban to Volksrust, but reached Charlestown ( from the border of the South African Republic) in 1891 and was linked to the Witwatersrand in 1895. Other important lines were the one linking with the Orange Free State reaching Harrismith in 1892, as well as the North Coast and South Coast lines. In 1910, the Union of South Africa was formed and in 1912 the NGR combined with the other colonies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
