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| name = Port Elizabeth Harbour 0-4-0ST<br>CGR 0-4-0ST 1894<br>South African 0-4-0ST 1894 |
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| designer = [[Black, Hawthorn & Co]] |
| designer = [[Black, Hawthorn & Co]] |
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| builder = Black, Hawthorn & Co<br>[[Black, Hawthorn & Co#Chapman and Furneaux|Chapman and Furneaux]]<br>[[Hudswell Clarke|Hudswell, Clarke & Co]]<br>Fox, Walker and Company<br>Lowca Engineering |
| builder = Black, Hawthorn & Co<br>[[Black, Hawthorn & Co#Chapman and Furneaux|Chapman and Furneaux]]<br>[[Hudswell Clarke|Hudswell, Clarke & Co]]<br>Fox, Walker and Company<br>Lowca Engineering |
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| builddate = 1894-1902 |
| builddate = 1894-1902 |
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| totalproduction = 8 |
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| driver = 2nd coupled axle |
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| gauge = {{Track gauge|Cape|allk=on}} |
| gauge = {{Track gauge|Cape|allk=on}} |
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| fueltype = Coal |
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| fuelcap = {{convert|1| |
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| watercap = {{convert|400|impgal|L|sigfig=3|abbr=on}} |
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| safetyvalvetype = [[Safety valve#Salter spring balance valves|Salter]] |
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| boiler = {{convert|8|ft|5+1/2|in|m|3|abbr=on}} inside length<br>{{convert|5|ft|3|in|m|3|abbr=on}} pitch |
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| cylindercount = Two |
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| cylindersize = {{convert|12|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} bore<br>{{convert|18|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} stroke |
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| coupling = [[Railway coupling#Johnston coupler|Johnston link-and-pin]] |
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| operator = Port Elizabeth Harbour Board<br>Kowie Railway<br>[[Cape Government Railways]]<br>South African Railways<br>[[Rhodesia Railways]] |
| operator = Port Elizabeth Harbour Board<br>Kowie Railway<br>[[Cape Government Railways]]<br>South African Railways<br>[[Rhodesia Railways]] |
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| numinclass = 8 |
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| fleetnumbers = 1-4 (D-G), K-N |
| fleetnumbers = PEHB 1-4 (D-G), K-N<br>CGR 1015-1022<br>SAR 01015-01022 |
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| deliverydate = 1894-1902 |
| deliverydate = 1894-1902 |
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| firstrundate = 1894 |
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| firstrundate = 1894 <ref name="Holland 2">{{Holland-Vol 2|pages=122-124}}</ref><ref name="Paxton-Bourne">{{Paxton-Bourne|pages=25-26}}</ref> |
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The '''Port Elizabeth Harbour 0-4-0ST''' of 1894 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-[[Union of South Africa|Union]] era in the [[Cape Colony|Cape of Good Hope]]. |
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Between 1894 and 1902 eight 0-4-0 |
Between 1894 and 1902, eight {{whyte|0-4-0|ST}} locomotives entered shunting service at the Port Elizabeth Harbour. They were taken onto the Cape Government Railways roster in 1908 and all of them were still in service when the South African Railways classification and renumbering was implemented in 1912.<ref name="Holland 2">{{Holland-Vol 2|pages=122-124}}</ref><ref name="Paxton-Bourne">{{Paxton-Bourne|pages=25-26}}</ref><ref name="SAR&H Apr 1944">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.</ref> |
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==Manufacturers== |
==Manufacturers== |
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In 1894 and 1895 four 0-4-0 |
In 1894 and 1895, four {{whyte|0-4-0|ST}} locomotives were delivered to the Port Elizabeth Harbour Board (PEHB) from [[Black, Hawthorn & Co]]mpany. They were numbered in the range from 1 to 4 and placed in service as harbour shunters at [[Port Elizabeth]] Harbour. By 1901, their numbers 1 to 4 had been replaced by the letters D to G.<ref name="Holland 2"/><ref name="Paxton-Bourne"/> |
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During 1896 the firm of Black, Hawthorn was taken over by [[Black, Hawthorn & Co#Chapman and Furneaux|Chapman and Furneaux]], who delivered another two of these locomotives in 1901. Instead of being numbered, these were lettered K and L.<ref name="Holland 2"/> |
During 1896, the firm of Black, Hawthorn was taken over by [[Black, Hawthorn & Co#Chapman and Furneaux|Chapman and Furneaux]], who delivered another two of these locomotives in 1901. Instead of being numbered, these were lettered K and L.<ref name="Holland 2"/><ref name="SAR&H Apr 1944"/> |
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The firm of Chapman and Furneaux closed down in 1902. Two locomotives |
The firm of Chapman and Furneaux closed down in 1902. Two locomotives which had been ordered from them in February 1902, order numbers 1213 and 1214, were built instead by [[Hudswell Clarke|Hudswell, Clarke & Company]], ex works in July 1902 with works numbers 616 and 617. These two were lettered M and N.<ref name="Holland 2"/><ref name="TBHB locomotives"/> |
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==Service== |
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===Kowie Railway=== |
===Kowie Railway=== |
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In 1904 one of these locomotives, ex no. 4 |
In 1904, one of these locomotives, ex no. 4/G, was sent to [[Port Alfred]] on loan to the Kowie Railway Company, who used it as yard engine in Port Alfred station. While there, the name plates from the then recently withdrawn {{track gauge|4ft8.5in}} broad gauge engine [[CGR 0-4-0ST 1878 Aid|''Aid'' of 1878]] were affixed to the saddle-tank of no. 4, and it became the engine ''Aid'' reincarnated. Many people erroneously believed that it was one-and-the-same locomotive, to the extent that it later became accepted as fact. The locomotive was returned to [[Port Elizabeth]] in 1910.<ref name="Holland 2"/><ref name="TBHB locomotives"/> |
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===Cape Government Railways=== |
===Cape Government Railways=== |
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In |
In terms of Act 38 of 1908, the [[Cape Government Railways]] (CGR) became responsible for the administration of the three major harbours in the Cape of Good Hope with effect from 1 January 1909. The locomotives were therefore all taken onto the CGR roster and renumbered in the range from 1015 to 1022.<ref name="Holland 2"/><ref name="SAR&H Apr 1944"/> |
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===South African Railways=== |
===South African Railways=== |
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⚫ | When the [[Union of South Africa]] was established on 31 May 1910, 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. 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 was only implemented with effect from 1 January 1912.<ref name="SAR Renumber"/><ref name="SAR History">''The South African Railways - Historical Survey''. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 25.</ref> |
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In 1912 these locomotives were considered obsolete by the SAR and renumbered by having the numeral 0 prefixed to their existing numbers.<ref name="Holland 2"/><ref name="Paxton-Bourne"/><ref name="SAR Renumber">''Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists'', issued by the Chief Mechanical |
In 1912, these locomotives were considered obsolete by the South African Railways (SAR) and renumbered by having the numeral "0" prefixed to their existing numbers.<ref name="Holland 2"/><ref name="Paxton-Bourne"/><ref name="SAR Renumber">''Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists'', issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 11, 12, 17. (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)</ref> |
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In June 1914 SAR no. 01017 was transferred to Mosselbaai Harbour. The rest remained in service in Port Elizabeth Harbour.<ref name="TBHB locomotives"/> |
In June 1914, SAR no. 01017 was transferred to Mosselbaai Harbour. The rest remained in service in Port Elizabeth Harbour.<ref name="TBHB locomotives"/> |
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===Rhodesia Railways=== |
===Rhodesia Railways=== |
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In July 1929 SAR no. 01021 was sold to [[Rhodesia Railways]] (RR), where it was given RR number 5. The locomotive never actually left South Africa since it was purchased for use as shop engine at the RR's [[Mafeking]] Workshop, staffed by SAR personnel |
In July 1929, SAR no. 01021 was sold to [[Rhodesia Railways]] (RR), where it was given RR number 5. The locomotive never actually left South Africa, since it was purchased for use as shop engine at the RR's [[Mafeking, South Africa|Mafeking]] Workshop, staffed by SAR personnel. The engine was eventually scrapped in 1940.<ref name="TBHB locomotives"/><ref name="Durrant Smoke">Durrant, A.E. (1997). ''The Smoke that Thunders'', (1st ed.). Harare: African Publishing Group. pp. 28-29. {{ISBN|1-77901-134-2}}.</ref><ref name="Pattison 2">Pattison, R.G. (2005). ''Thundering Smoke'', (1st ed.). Ilminster, Somerset: Sable Publishing House. p. 39. {{ISBN|0-9549488-1-5}}.</ref> |
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==Locomotives no. 1012 to 1014== |
==Locomotives no. 1012 to 1014== |
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In the classification and renumbering lists of the SAR, |
In the classification and renumbering lists of the SAR, published in 1912, three additional {{whyte|0-4-0|T}} locomotives of uncertain origin are listed as Port Elizabeth Harbour locomotives. Two of them are listed as CGR numbers 1012 and 1013, built by [[Peckett and Sons]], while the third is listed as CGR no. 1014, built by [[Fletcher, Jennings & Co.|Lowca Engineering Company]]. Also considered obsolete by the SAR, they were also renumbered with a numeral "0" prefixed to their CGR numbers.<ref name="Holland 2"/><ref name="SAR&H Apr 1944"/><ref name="SAR Renumber"/> |
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⚫ | These locomotives are shown here solely for the sake of completeness and because their PEHB letters and CGR and SAR numbers immediately precede those of the eight locomotives which are the subject of this article. It has since been discovered that the builder's details about the first two of these locomotives in the Rolling Stock Register was incorrect, possibly as a result of the locomotives getting equipped with replacement parts, such as new boilers bearing the markings of a manufacturer other than the original locomotive builder.<ref name="TBHB locomotives"/> |
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⚫ | * The first locomotive, PEHB A, then CGR no. 1012, then SAR no. 01012, was built by [[Peckett and Sons|Fox, Walker and Company]], a predecessor of [[Peckett and Sons]], as a Class W {{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}, ex-works in December 1876 and landed in Port Elizabeth in April 1877. Its erroneous description as a Peckett locomotive could possibly be as a result of the Peckett name appearing on replaced parts on the locomotive.<ref name="SAR&H Apr 1944"/><ref name="TBHB locomotives"/> |
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⚫ | These locomotives are shown here solely for the sake of completeness and because their PEHB letters and CGR and SAR numbers immediately precede those of the eight locomotives |
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[[File:PEHB 0-4-0ST no. B.jpg|thumb|300px|PEHB engine B, ex Despatch Brickmaking & Woolwashing Co.]] |
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⚫ | * The first locomotive, PEHB A, then CGR no. 1012, then SAR no. 01012, was built by [[Peckett and Sons|Fox, Walker and Company]], a predecessor of [[Peckett and Sons]], as a Class W 0-4- |
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* The second locomotive, PEHB B, then CGR no. 1013, then SAR no. 01013, |
* How the first two locomotives both came to be described as Peckett locomotives in the 1912 renumbering lists is not known, since no records have been found of another Fox, Walker or Peckett locomotive which could have ended up on the Port Elizabeth Harbour Board roster. The second locomotive, PEHB B, then CGR no. 1013, then SAR no. 01013, was more likely to be a 0-4-0ST engine that was originally delivered to the Despatch Brickmaking & Woolwashing Company in Port Elizabeth, built in 1881 by [[Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.]] The Port Elizabeth Harbour Board Report for 1903 refers to the purchase of a small tank locomotive from the Despatch Brick Works. Since Andrew Barclay occasionally employed [[Ogee]] shaped tanks and since no other tank locomotives of this shape ever came to South Africa, it can be safely assumed that the engine depicted is the Despatch engine.<ref name="SAR&H Apr 1944"/><ref name="TBHB locomotives"/> |
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* The third locomotive, PEHB C, then CGR no. 1014, then SAR no. 01014, is believed to be [[Fletcher, Jennings & Co.#Overview|Lowca Engineering's]] works no. 232 of 1898 |
* The third locomotive, PEHB C, then CGR no. 1014, then SAR no. 01014, is believed to be [[Fletcher, Jennings & Co.#Overview|Lowca Engineering's]] works no. 232 of 1898, which initially went to the Table Bay Harbour Board (TBHB), where it is believed to have been the TBHB's second no. 3 which was probably transferred to Port Elizabeth before 1901.<ref name="TBHB locomotives"/> |
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==Works numbers== |
==Works numbers== |
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The builders, works numbers, order |
The builders, works numbers, order dates, original numbers and letterings, renumbering and disposition of the Port Elizabeth Harbour Board {{nowrap|0-4-0ST}} locomotives of 1894 are listed in the table. The Fox, Walker and Lowca locomotives are included in the table.<ref name="Holland 2"/><ref name="TBHB locomotives">Contents of email received from Dr John Middleton, Washington, dated 17 November 2013. Transcripts copied to [[:Talk:Harbour Board TB 0-4-0ST#Table Bay Harbour locomotives by Black, Hawthorn & Chapman and Furneaux|Table Bay Harbour locomotives by Black, Hawthorn & Chapman and Furneaux]] for retention and easy reference.</ref><ref name="SAR Renumber"/> |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of South African locomotive classes]] |
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* [[South African locomotive history#The 1890s|South African locomotive history]] |
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* [[0-4-0|The 0-4-0 wheel arrangement]] |
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==References== |
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The Port Elizabeth Harbour 0-4-0ST of 1894 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
Between 1894 and 1902, eight 0-4-0ST locomotives entered shunting service at the Port Elizabeth Harbour. They were taken onto the Cape Government Railways roster in 1908 and all of them were still in service when the South African Railways classification and renumbering was implemented in 1912.[1][2][3]
Manufacturers
[edit]In 1894 and 1895, four 0-4-0ST locomotives were delivered to the Port Elizabeth Harbour Board (PEHB) from Black, Hawthorn & Company. They were numbered in the range from 1 to 4 and placed in service as harbour shunters at Port Elizabeth Harbour. By 1901, their numbers 1 to 4 had been replaced by the letters D to G.[1][2]
During 1896, the firm of Black, Hawthorn was taken over by Chapman and Furneaux, who delivered another two of these locomotives in 1901. Instead of being numbered, these were lettered K and L.[1][3]
The firm of Chapman and Furneaux closed down in 1902. Two locomotives which had been ordered from them in February 1902, order numbers 1213 and 1214, were built instead by Hudswell, Clarke & Company, ex works in July 1902 with works numbers 616 and 617. These two were lettered M and N.[1][4]
Service
[edit]Kowie Railway
[edit]In 1904, one of these locomotives, ex no. 4/G, was sent to Port Alfred on loan to the Kowie Railway Company, who used it as yard engine in Port Alfred station. While there, the name plates from the then recently withdrawn 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) broad gauge engine Aid of 1878 were affixed to the saddle-tank of no. 4, and it became the engine Aid reincarnated. Many people erroneously believed that it was one-and-the-same locomotive, to the extent that it later became accepted as fact. The locomotive was returned to Port Elizabeth in 1910.[1][4]
Cape Government Railways
[edit]In terms of Act 38 of 1908, the Cape Government Railways (CGR) became responsible for the administration of the three major harbours in the Cape of Good Hope with effect from 1 January 1909. The locomotives were therefore all taken onto the CGR roster and renumbered in the range from 1015 to 1022.[1][3]
South African Railways
[edit]When the Union of South Africa was established on 31 May 1910, 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. 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 was only implemented with effect from 1 January 1912.[5][6]
In 1912, these locomotives were considered obsolete by the South African Railways (SAR) and renumbered by having the numeral "0" prefixed to their existing numbers.[1][2][5]
In June 1914, SAR no. 01017 was transferred to Mosselbaai Harbour. The rest remained in service in Port Elizabeth Harbour.[4]
Rhodesia Railways
[edit]In July 1929, SAR no. 01021 was sold to Rhodesia Railways (RR), where it was given RR number 5. The locomotive never actually left South Africa, since it was purchased for use as shop engine at the RR's Mafeking Workshop, staffed by SAR personnel. The engine was eventually scrapped in 1940.[4][7][8]
Locomotives no. 1012 to 1014
[edit]In the classification and renumbering lists of the SAR, published in 1912, three additional 0-4-0T locomotives of uncertain origin are listed as Port Elizabeth Harbour locomotives. Two of them are listed as CGR numbers 1012 and 1013, built by Peckett and Sons, while the third is listed as CGR no. 1014, built by Lowca Engineering Company. Also considered obsolete by the SAR, they were also renumbered with a numeral "0" prefixed to their CGR numbers.[1][3][5]
These locomotives are shown here solely for the sake of completeness and because their PEHB letters and CGR and SAR numbers immediately precede those of the eight locomotives which are the subject of this article. It has since been discovered that the builder's details about the first two of these locomotives in the Rolling Stock Register was incorrect, possibly as a result of the locomotives getting equipped with replacement parts, such as new boilers bearing the markings of a manufacturer other than the original locomotive builder.[4]
- The first locomotive, PEHB A, then CGR no. 1012, then SAR no. 01012, was built by Fox, Walker and Company, a predecessor of Peckett and Sons, as a Class W 0-4-0ST, ex-works in December 1876 and landed in Port Elizabeth in April 1877. Its erroneous description as a Peckett locomotive could possibly be as a result of the Peckett name appearing on replaced parts on the locomotive.[3][4]
- How the first two locomotives both came to be described as Peckett locomotives in the 1912 renumbering lists is not known, since no records have been found of another Fox, Walker or Peckett locomotive which could have ended up on the Port Elizabeth Harbour Board roster. The second locomotive, PEHB B, then CGR no. 1013, then SAR no. 01013, was more likely to be a 0-4-0ST engine that was originally delivered to the Despatch Brickmaking & Woolwashing Company in Port Elizabeth, built in 1881 by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. The Port Elizabeth Harbour Board Report for 1903 refers to the purchase of a small tank locomotive from the Despatch Brick Works. Since Andrew Barclay occasionally employed Ogee shaped tanks and since no other tank locomotives of this shape ever came to South Africa, it can be safely assumed that the engine depicted is the Despatch engine.[3][4]
- The third locomotive, PEHB C, then CGR no. 1014, then SAR no. 01014, is believed to be Lowca Engineering's works no. 232 of 1898, which initially went to the Table Bay Harbour Board (TBHB), where it is believed to have been the TBHB's second no. 3 which was probably transferred to Port Elizabeth before 1901.[4]
Works numbers
[edit]The builders, works numbers, order dates, original numbers and letterings, renumbering and disposition of the Port Elizabeth Harbour Board 0-4-0ST locomotives of 1894 are listed in the table. The Fox, Walker and Lowca locomotives are included in the table.[1][4][5]
Builder |
Works no. |
Order date |
Loco no. |
Loco letter |
CGR no. |
SAR no. |
Transfer | sold or scrapped |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fox, Walker | 330 | 1876-12 | A | 1012 | 01012 | 1918-01 Uitenhage | ||
Andrew Barclay | 234 | 1881 | B | 1013 | 01013 | Ex Despatch Brickmaking & Woolwashing Co. | 1912-05 Uitenhage | |
Lowca Engineering | 232 | 1898 | C | 1014 | 01014 | From TBHB pre-1901 | 1913-06 Uitenhage | |
Black, Hawthorn | 1104 | 1894-08 | 1 | D | 1015 | 01015 | 1932-02 Uitenhage | |
Black, Hawthorn | 1108 | 1894-11 | 2 | E | 1016 | 01016 | 1930-01 Uitenhage | |
Black, Hawthorn | 1109 | 1894-11 | 3 | F | 1017 | 01017 | 1914-06 Mosselbaai | 1920-12 Uitenhage |
Black, Hawthorn | 1126 | 1895-09 | 4 | G | 1018 | 01018 | Port Alfred 1904-1910 | 1928-08 Uitenhage |
Chapman & Furneaux | 1207 | 1900-12 | K | 1019 | 01019 | 1921-08 Uitenhage | ||
Chapman & Furneaux | 1208 | 1900-12 | L | 1020 | 01020 | 1929-09 Uitenhage | ||
Hudswell, Clarke | 1213/616 | 1902-02 | M | 1021 | 01021 | 1929-07 to RR | ||
Hudswell, Clarke | 1214/617 | 1902-02 | N | 1022 | 01022 | 1919-03 Uitenhage |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 122–124. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
- ^ a b c Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0869772112.
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Contents of email received from Dr John Middleton, Washington, dated 17 November 2013. Transcripts copied to Table Bay Harbour locomotives by Black, Hawthorn & Chapman and Furneaux for retention and easy reference.
- ^ a b c d Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 11, 12, 17. (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
- ^ The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 25.
- ^ Durrant, A.E. (1997). The Smoke that Thunders, (1st ed.). Harare: African Publishing Group. pp. 28-29. ISBN 1-77901-134-2.
- ^ Pattison, R.G. (2005). Thundering Smoke, (1st ed.). Ilminster, Somerset: Sable Publishing House. p. 39. ISBN 0-9549488-1-5.
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