CGR 3rd Class 2-6-0T

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This article is about one of several different Cape Government Railways locomotive types to be designated "3rd Class". For other CGR 3rd Class locomotives, see Cape Government Railways 3rd Class locomotives.
Indwe Collieries 2-6-0T
CGR 3rd Class 2-6-0T
South African Class 03 2-6-0T
CGR 3rd Class 2-6-0T 1900.jpg
3rd Class 2-6-0T no. 50 J.S. Smit, ex Indwe Collieries
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Dickson Manufacturing Company
Builder Dickson Manufacturing Company
Serial number 1079-1082
Build date 1899
Total produced 4
Specifications
Configuration 2-6-0T (Mogul)
Driver axle 2nd coupled axle
Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Coupled dia 44 in (1,118 mm)
Fuel type Coal
Boiler:
 • Firebox type		 Round-top
Cylinders Two
Cylinder size 14 in (356 mm) bore
20 in (508 mm) stroke
Valve gear Stephenson
Couplers Bell link-and-pin
Career
Operators Indwe Collieries
Cape Government Railways
South African Railways
Class CGR 1st Class, SAR Class 01
Number in class 4
Numbers Indwe 1-4, CGR 50-53, SAR 050-053
Official name J.S. Smit, J.J. Spier, L.S. Meyer and C. Birkenstock

The Cape Government Railways 3rd Class 2-6-0T of 1900 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.

In 1900, during the Second Boer War, four 2-6-0 tank locomotives, which were destined for the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, were intercepted by the Imperial Military Railways and diverted to Indwe Collieries. When the Cape Government Railways took over the operation of the colliery line and the locomotives after the war, they were designated 3rd Class and when the South African Railways was established, they were designated Class 03.[1][2]

Manufacturer

Before the outbreak of the Second Boer War in October 1899, four tank locomotives were ordered by the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoor­weg-Maatschappij (NZASM) in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR), from Dickson Manufacturing Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania, through the agency of Arthur Koppel. However, when they were landed in the Cape of Good Hope in 1900, they were commandeered by the Imperial Military Railways (IMR) and allocated to Indwe Collieries.[1][2]

The locomotives bore plates inscribed "SS ZAR" for "Staats-Spoorwegen Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek" and were named J.S. Smit, J.J. Spier, L.S. Meyer and C. Birkenstock, all personalities of note in the ZAR. Indwe Collieries numbered them in the range from 1 to 4.[1][2]

In 1895, at the time a concession was granted by the ZAR government to Hendrik Jacobus Schoeman for the construction of the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway, J.S. Smit was the Railway Commissioner of the ZAR.[3]

Service

Indwe Collieries

Indwe Collieries, which was located in the northeastern part of the Cape of Good Hope, owned the branchline from Sterkstroom via Dordrecht to the collieries and supplied coal to the Cape Government Railways (CGR). The branchline had been constructed for the collieries by George Pauling in 1896.[1][2]

Cape Government Railways

After the war, the colliery line and the locomotives were purchased by the CGR. The locomotives were designated 3rd Class and were renumbered in the range from 50 to 53.[1][2][4]

South African Railways

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 required careful planning and was only implemented with effect from 1 January 1912.[4][5]

All four locomotives were still in service in 1912. The South African Railways (SAR) considered them obsolete and they were therefore designated Class 03 and renumbered by having the numeral "0" prefixed to their existing numbers. They were withdrawn from service in 1915.[1][2]

Works numbers

The works numbers, names and renumberings of the CGR 3rd Class Mogul tank locomotives are set out in the table.[2][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1944). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter V - Other Transvaal and O.F.S. Railways. South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, December 1944. p. 925.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, pp. 12, 25.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, p. 18. (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
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