The work was carried out at Port Shepstone. Locomotive Wiki. Re-entered service in October 2022 after overhaul and the fitting of a Hunslet built boiler shipped from Australia ex 129. Out of service waiting for a general overhaul and replacement boiler (September 2022). These locomotives were introduced in 1926 to increase train sizes and thus reduce losses on . The Class NG G16 rebuilding incorporated a gas producing combustion system (GPCS), Lempor exhausts, an improved spark arrester, lightweight multi-ring articulated piston valves, improved valve events and improved mechanical lubrication. 143 re-entered service in 2011 in green livery for the Fairlies, Garratts and Mallets competition. NG5 as yard shunter at Humewood Road. It would have been most interesting if Alco would have been able to sell a few Garratts to D&RGW for the narrow gauge lines. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The mill gave it the number 9 and used it to work sugar cane wagons in Innisfail district of Far North Queensland. One Mallet ran in New Zealand, and is preserved at Glenbrook Vintage Railway, Auckland. Not to be confused with the steam locomotive E1, this electric locomotive is not in commercial use. This created the risk of the locomotive tilting over on tight curves. 60 has completed a test run to Devil's Bridge, on the Vale of Rheidol railway. NG113 and Hunslet-Taylor-built no. Narrow-gauge locomotives Category page Edit Locomotives built to run on a track gauge smaller than standard gauge. The first locomotive to undergo the treatment was the Beyer, Peacock-built no. With the FR-WHR link now open, FR locos visit fairly regularly on special services. [9][10][11], Since withdrawal from SAR service, some locomotives were sold to foreign railways and into private hands and restored to operational condition, while others ended up in various degrees of preservation ranging across the spectrum from running order to staging to total abandonment. Porta. This 180hp Gardner 6LXB diesel-engined locomotive was built for RNAD Ernesettle, Plymouth. [8][11][12], No's 141 & 155 climbing from Bongwana to Nqabeni, c. 1992, South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended, Last edited on 11 December 2022, at 01:37, "Alfred County Railway 2-6-2+2-6-2 NG G16A Garratts 141 & 155", "The Ultimate Steam Page P. Girdlestone", Alfred County Railway NGG16A Garratt November 1996, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_African_Class_NG_G16A_2-6-2%2B2-6-2&oldid=1126751055, This page was last edited on 11 December 2022, at 01:37. Directory of UK railways, large links page and articles on worldwide narrow gage railroads ex South African Railways Beyer Peacock Garratt at Waunfawr Entered service in 1997 in unlined dark green, then malachite green as of 2002 when it was named, withdrawn in late 2007 and stripped for 10 year boiler inspection. Arrived ex ship "Belnor". The Mallet locomotive is a type of articulated steam railway locomotive, invented by the Swiss engineer Anatole Mallet (1837-1919).. Updated start of season 2020.[10]. [5], On a Garratt locomotive, the shared boiler and cab are carried on a cradle frame which is suspended on pivot centres attached to the frames of the two engine units, which are both free to align itself to the track curvature. [12] Completion of no. Some parts including the British built Hunslet boiler used to make 116 whole. Power car is a single-ended locomotive without passenger interiors. No. [11], The Puffing Billy Railway, located in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne, Australia, purchased NG129 in August 1996 from ACR shareholder Peter Newton. Produced in the CPR's Angus shops, road numbers 1950 to 1954 were outshopped between 1909 and 1911. All but one remained there for the rest of their service lives until withdrawal by 1962. Typically they feature horizontal bands of colour running their entire length and a solid colour on the front and back ends. [, Entered service as "405". Work undertaken at Boston Lodge. These three locomotives were not superheated. [3], Mallet found typical main line railways were unwilling to adopt his ideas. Whereafter replacement locomotives were given the same number as the locomotive that they replaced with an "R" prefix; until such time as the old locomotive, now running with an "O" prefix, was finally withdrawn. 729 ex demonstrator, ran as DR V150.001; imported 1970. Ordered by Sri Lanka Veneers & Plywood. Ex South African Railways NGG16 Class Garratt, green livery. A Garratt locomotive is a locomotive with two separate engine units, useful for pulling a lot on tracks with a small curve radius like narrow gauge tracks or Lego tracks. These two were superheated and, as a result, had longer smokeboxes and were 9+12 inches (241 millimetres) longer in overall length. Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 #1309, the last domestic steam locomotive built by Baldwin, was scheduled for restoration in September 2017. All the steam locomotives bar three were manufactured in the United Kingdom; the exceptions were three 4-4-0s built at the railway's Maradana Works near Colombo in 1900 and 1905. Sold to Sandstone in 2002. [2], On the Avontuur Railway, these locomotives were used as tank-and-tender Garratts, but when the Langkloof members of the class were transferred to Natal in 1964, the water tenders were dispensed with since watering points were much closer together in Natal as a consequence of the early use of tank engines on those narrow-gauge branches. Slightly shorter but even heavier and more powerful were 2-6-6-6s built by Lima for the C&O and the Virginian between 1941 and 1948, which weighed 778,000lb (353,000kg) and could produce up to 6,900 horsepower (5,100kW) at 45mph (72km/h). Built by Societe Franco-Belge builders No.2982, Beyer Peacock builders No.7631. Ownership transferred to Paddock Motors (Derick Classen) after a court case to resolve unpaid storage fees. World War 2 put paid to the earlier locomotives and by the 1970s the lines were effectively dieselised and the surviving wartime GB and GC Garratts were reduced to menial duties. The first locomotives pulled trains on the original segment of the Main Line, on 54 kilometres (34 miles) connecting Colombo and Ambepussa. The result is improved combustion, thereby minimising black smoke, which is evidence of incomplete combustion and unburnt coal particles being ejected through the exhaust. [9][10], The GPCS relies on the gasification of coal on a low temperature firebed so that the gases are then fully burnt above the firebed. We still hope for this engine to be preserved in railway museums, but there is a chance to make a new built of the class. [, Overturned near Cutana on "Broken Hill Express". [1] In 1953, Sri Lanka Railways enhanced its service to more power with diesel locomotives. This is a list of the rolling stock owned by the Ffestiniog Railway Company which is used to operate the Welsh Highland Railway, Ex Tasmanian Government Railways K class, the world's first Garratt locomotive. As the front truck cylinders were now using boiler pressure steam, special arrangements were necessary to deliver it, through the truck pivot pin where only radial movement took place. Scrapped by the THF at Humewood Road, Port Elizabeth, South Africa August 2011. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Scrap condition. Locomotive has the NGG16A boiler unit but carried the standard British built unmodified power units off 142. These are the most powerful narrow gauge locos in the world, which is necessary to cope with the hard gradients of up to 1 in 40 along the line pulling up to 12 coaches. Currently used as a mess coach on construction trains and as a reserve passenger brake vehicle. These locomotives had an enlarged front water tank capacity, but carried no water in their rear bunkers which consequently had a larger coal capacity. This created the risk of the locomotive tilting over on tight curves. As of March 2022, Sri Lanka does not have commercially operational electric locomotives or train sets. 141 achieved a fuel saving of 25% compared to a standard Class NG G16 Garratt, a performance which was easily maintained in regular service. [, Entered service as "404". The air inlets contain swirl inducers to spread the incoming air inside the firebox. Narrow gauge locomotives like the Class NG G16, on the other hand, have plenty of height available for the exhaust, so a single long chimney was achievable. Classes N and P Narrow Gauge Locomotives, "Ceylon Railway Enthusiasts Circle (CREC)/SLRF", http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/locos1.html, "Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Railways Steam Locomotive and Steam Railcar Fleet", "Diesel Locomotives of Sri Lanka: Locomotive classification", http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/locos3.html, http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/locos4.html, http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/locos2.html, http://slrailwiki.wikinet.org/wiki/Class_M10, http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/locos5.html, "Switcher Locomotives: Types, History, And Photos", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Locomotives_of_Sri_Lanka_Railways&oldid=1102316724, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Ex Breakwater branch; absorbed in 1874; a third loco was not taken into stock, 131139 renumbered 3237, 131133; 150151 renumbered 38, 40; 12 rebuilt as class D1 and numbered 298 in 1930; D3 class saturated, reclassified D2 when superheated, 144151 delivered as 152154, 157161; F2 saturated, reclassified F2 when superheated. Typically the support bearing was placed beneath the smokebox, hollowed and with a sliding seal to provide a route for exhaust steam from the low-pressure cylinders to discharge through a blastpipe within the smoke box. [2], The Cockerill locomotives, numbers NG85 to NG88, remained in Natal for most of their service lives. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. [, Worked to Quorn. Narrow gauge locomotives were numbered in the same list as broad gauge locomotives. Unlike other diesels purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway Company and named bilingually after Northern Welsh castles, 'Castell Caernarfon' is named in Welsh only. Several units out of service shortly after introduction due to cost of spares and repair. Arrived ex ship "Belnor". Although it had found early favor in Europe, especially on lightly engineered railways, the Mallet type was generally superseded by the Garratt locomotive by the mid-1920s. Moreover, there were adhesion stability problems where the front engine tended to slip and then stall uncontrollably because of an imbalance of tractive effort and axle load, accentuated by the drawbar reaction, and inability of the intermediate steam receiver to accommodate the sudden pressure change. Scrapped at Paddock, South Africa October 2017. Therefore, as the weight on the coupled wheels decreases, the locomotive has less adhesion and becomes increasingly prone to slipping. Now in service. [8] The AT&SF also had a number of compound 2-10-10-2's, assembled in their own shops from existing 2-10-2's using a kit, supplied by Baldwin, consisting of the front 10-wheel frame and a boiler extension. Library - Publications, Handbooks & Timetables, Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License, Narrow Gauge 400 class-class 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt locomotives, Societe Franco-Belge De Materiel Des Chemins De Fer Raismes, France Several Mallets have been preserved, some in operational condition. [1], As part of their strategy to keep the railway competitive, two of the ACR's Class NG G16 locomotives were rebuilt using technology similar to that used in the Cape gauge Class 26 Red Devil. Three of their Class NG G16 locomotives are homed here, and are regularly run during the Estate's annual events like the Cosmos Festival, Cherry Festival, Stars of Sandstone and others. A replica of an 1894 "Ashbury" NWNGR "Summer Coach". "New as they were, the last C&O steam engines never got adequate maintenance, lengthening the list of work needed to bring 1309 back to life. NG54 was restored in Bloemfontein in 1989, After a period working the Apple Express out of Port Elizabeth, it ended up staged out of service at Humewood Road until it was removed by Sandstone Estates in 2011 for safe-keeping. The rebuilding incorporated a gas producing combustion system (GPCS), Lempor exhausts, an improved spark arrester, lightweight multi-ring articulated piston valves, improved valve events and improved mechanical lubrication. Power cars are single-ended locomotives without passenger interiors. Between 1937 and 1968, the South African Railways placed 34 Class NG G16 Garratt articulated 2-6-2+2-6-2 steam locomotives in service on the Avontuur Railway and on the Natal narrow gauge lines. No 23 returned to FR service in 1955 and full doors fitted in 1966. His patent 162876 in France specified four cylinders, two large and two small, with one pair of cylinders acting on two or three fixed axles, and the other pair acting on axles mounted in a swivelling truck.[3]. The most serious waste of fuel in a conventional steam locomotive is the loss of unburned coal particles from the fuel bed through the exhaust because of the rapid flow of air through the grate. 4014 is the largest, heaviest, and most powerful operational steam locomotive in the world. Sri Lanka's first railway locomotive was Leopold, in 1864. G42 was to be withdrawn for major maintenance. [1][2][8], Having been proved successful during trials, another two locomotives were ordered from Beyer, Peacock. [5], The same problem also existed on Cape gauge light-rail single-line track where train lengths would be limited because conventional locomotives had been enlarged to the limit of their possible power due to restrictions on axle loading. Porta. 473 East Broad Top Railroad No. [1], The cost of the work paid off financially within twelve months and led to a proposal to develop a Class NG G17 Garratt. 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