South African Class NG8 4-6-0
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. In 1904, the Cape Government Railways placed six Type B steam locomotives in service on the Avontuur narrow-gauge line in the Langkloof. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered with an "NG" prefix to their new numbers.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. 253-257.Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 12, 16, 47 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000) A further three "Improved B" locomotives were placed in service by the South African Railways in 1914. When a system of group ...
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Kerr, Stuart And Company
Kerr, Stuart and Company Ltd was a locomotive manufacturer in Stoke-on-Trent, England. History It was founded in 1881 by James Kerr as "James Kerr & Company", and became "Kerr, Stuart & Company" from 1883 when John Stuart was taken on as a partner. The business started in Glasgow, Scotland, but during this time they were only acting as agents ordering locomotives from established manufacturers, among them Falcon, John Fowler & Co. and Hartley, Arnoux and Fanning. They bought the last-named company in 1892 and moved into the California Works in Stoke to begin building all their own locomotives. Hartley, Arnoux and Fanning had also been building railway and tramway plant. This side of their business was sold to Dick, Kerr and Co. in Preston. Notable Kerr, Stuart employees * R. J. Mitchell, Premium Apprentice, later to design the Supermarine Spitfire aircraft. * L. T. C. Rolt, Premium Apprentice, later to be an author and canal/railway preservation pioneer. * T. C. B. Colem ...
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CGR Type B, SAR Class NG8
CGR may refer to: * Campo Grande International Airport (IATA airport code) * Canadian Government Railways * Cape Government Railways * Center for Governmental Research * Ceylon Government Railway * Chip Ganassi Racing * Classic Game Room * Commercial gramophone record – see Spelling of disc * Condensate to Gas Ratio * Contraloría General de la República de Costa Rica * Cyprus Government Railway The Cyprus Government Railway was a narrow gauge railway network that operated in Cyprus from October 1905 to December 1951. With a total length of , there were 39 stations, stops and halts, the most prominent of which served Famagusta, Prasti ...

Railway Locomotives Introduced In 1904
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer faciliti ...
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Kerr Stuart Locomotives
Kerr may refer to: People *Kerr (surname) *Kerr (given name) Places ;United States *Kerr Township, Champaign County, Illinois *Kerr, Montana, A US census-designated place *Kerr, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Kerr County, Texas Other uses *KERR, A US radio station *Kerr, a brand of food Mason jars and lids *Clan Kerr, a Scottish clan * Kerr's, a Canadian candy company See also * * *Ker (other) Ker or KER may refer to: People * Ker (surname) * Ker, family name of the Dukes of Roxburghe * Ker, a spelling of the Guo surname * Frederick Ker, the appellant in the U.S. Supreme Court case '' Ker v. Illinois'' * Ker, a clan of the Bharwad ...

Bagnall Locomotives
Bagnall may refer to: * Bagnall, Michigan, and unincorporated community * Bagnall, Ontario, Canada * Bagnall, Staffordshire, England * Lansing Bagnall, British forklift truck manufacturing company * W. G. Bagnall, British locomotive manufacturing company * Bagnall Beach Observatory, astronomical observatory on the east coast of Australia People * Andrew Bagnall (born 1947), New Zealand motor racing driver * Anthony Bagnall (born 1945), Royal Air Force commander * Bill Bagnall (1926–2006), American magazine publisher and editor * Charles Bagnall (1827–1884), British Politician * Drew Bagnall (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player * Geoff Bagnall (born 1965), Australian rugby league footballer * George Bagnall (1883–1964), British trade unionist * Gibbons Bagnall (1719–1800), English poetical writer * Graham Bagnall (1912–1986), New Zealand librarian, bibliographer and historian * Hamer Bagnall (1904–1974), English cricketer * James Bagnall (1783–1855), Canadian ...
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Steam Locomotives Of South Africa
Steam is a substance containing water in the gas phase, and sometimes also an aerosol of liquid water droplets, or air. This may occur due to evaporation or due to boiling, where heat is applied until water reaches the enthalpy of vaporization. Steam that is saturated or superheated steam, superheated is invisible; however, "steam" often refers to wet steam, the visible mist or aerosol of water droplets formed as water vapor condensation, condenses. Water increases in volume by 1,700 times at standard temperature and pressure; this change in volume can be converted into work (physics), mechanical work by steam engines such as reciprocating engine, reciprocating piston type engines and steam turbines, which are a sub-group of steam engines. Piston type steam engines played a central role in the Industrial Revolution and modern steam turbines are used to generate more than 80% of the world's electricity. If liquid water comes in contact with a very hot surface or depressurizes quic ...
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New Brighton, Eastern Cape
New Brighton is a township in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It forms part of the greater township of Ibhayi and the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality which governs Port Elizabeth and its surroundings. History It was established in 1902, and was the first officially black residential area in the greater Port Elizabeth area. Prior to the establishment of New Brighton as the first black township, there was a demolishing of the then Black residential area in 1902 where the personal belongings of the Black residents were arbitrarily destroyed, and restrictions imposed upon their travel outside the demarcated area. The racially segregated township of New Brighton was established in 1902 on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth, some 8 km north of the city centre, to house families who had been forcefully removed in the previous years. . Many of Athol Fugard's plays are set in New Brighton. As part of the governing modus-operandi of the Colonial Government of the 19th ...
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2 Ft Gauge Railways In South Africa
In the early 1900s, narrow-gauge railway lines started playing a significant role in South Africa. They facilitated the transport of various agricultural and mineral produce from locations hardly accessible by road. They therefore enabled many communities to become prosperous. These lines featured the largest and most powerful locomotives ever in existence on two-foot-gauge railways worldwide. All two-foot railways were operated isolated from each other. However, this did not prevent standardization and interchangeability of rolling stock and locomotives. The larger railway lines operated their own workshops performing minor to major maintenance and/or repairs. For the purpose of major overhauls and interchangeability, rolling stock could be transported piggyback on Cape gauge rolling stock by means of a special access ramp on the break of gauge at Cape gauge junctions available on most of the two-foot lines. Their decline started in the 1980s, the last commercial line cease ...
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South West Africa
South West Africa ( af, Suidwes-Afrika; german: Südwestafrika; nl, Zuidwest-Afrika) was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1990, after which it became modern-day Namibia. It bordered Angola (Portuguese colony before 1975), Botswana ( Bechuanaland before 1966), South Africa, and Zambia (Northern Rhodesia before 1964). Previously the German colony of South West Africa from 1884–1915, it was made a League of Nations mandate of the Union of South Africa following Germany's defeat in the First World War. Although the mandate was abolished by the United Nations in 1966, South African control over the territory continued despite its illegality under international law. The territory was administered directly by the South African government from 1915 to 1978, when the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference laid the groundwork for semi-autonomous rule. During an interim period between 1978 and 1985, South Africa gradually granted South West Africa a limited for ...
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