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]
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 By 1901, their numbers 1 to 4 had been replaced by the letters D to G.[1][2]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]
Serviceedit
Kowie Railwayedit
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 While there, the name plates from the then recently withdrawn 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) broad gauge engine Aid of 1878 were affixed to the saddle-tank of no. 4, and it became the engine Aid reincarnated.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 Railwaysedit
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 Railwaysedit
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]
No. 01020, ex engine L, by Chapman & Furneaux
In June 1914, SAR no. 01017 was transferred to Mosselbaai Harbour. The rest remained in service in Port Elizabeth Harbour.[4]
Rhodesia Railwaysedit
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 1014edit
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]
PEHB engine B, ex Despatch Brickmaking & Woolwashing Co.
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 numbersedit
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]
Port Elizabeth Harbour Board 0-4-0ST of 1894
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
Referencesedit
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^ abcdefghiHolland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 122–124. ISBN978-0-7153-5427-8.
^ abcPaxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 25–26. ISBN0869772112.
^ abcdefEspitalier, 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.
^ abcdClassification 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. ISBN1-77901-134-2.
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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 Port Elizabeth Harbour 0 4 0STCGR 0 4 0ST 1894South African 0 4 0ST 1894Port Elizabeth Harbour s no 2 CGR no 1016 SAR no 01016 c 1894 built by Black Hawthorn amp Co Type and originPower typeSteamDesignerBlack Hawthorn amp CoBuilderBlack Hawthorn amp CoChapman and FurneauxHudswell Clarke amp CoFox Walker and CompanyLowca EngineeringSerial numberBH 1104 1108 1109 1126CF 1207 1208 1213 1214HC 616 617Build date1894 1902Total produced8SpecificationsConfiguration Whyte0 4 0ST UICBn2tDriver2nd coupled axleGauge3 ft 6 in 1 067 mm Cape gaugeCoupled dia 36 in 914 mm Wheelbase5 ft 6 in 1 676 mm Length Over couplers21 ft 3 in 6 477 mm Body16 ft 9 in 5 105 mm Height10 ft 5 5 8 in 3 191 mm Fuel typeCoalFuel capacity1 LT 1 0 t Water cap 400 imp gal 1 820 L Firebox typeRound top Firegrate area6 2 sq ft 0 58 m2 Boiler Pitch5 ft 3 in 1 600 mm Tube plates8 ft 5 1 2 in 2 578 mm Small tubes69 2 in 51 mm Boiler pressure130 psi 896 kPa Safety valveSalterHeating surface356 sq ft 33 1 m2 Tubes317 sq ft 29 5 m2 Firebox39 sq ft 3 6 m2 CylindersTwoCylinder size12 in 305 mm bore18 in 457 mm strokeValve gearStephensonCouplersJohnston link and pinPerformance figuresTractive effort7 020 lbf 31 2 kN 75 CareerOperatorsPort Elizabeth Harbour BoardKowie RailwayCape Government RailwaysSouth African RailwaysRhodesia RailwaysNumber in class8NumbersPEHB 1 4 D G K NCGR 1015 1022SAR 01015 01022Delivered1894 1902First run1894Between 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 Contents 1 Manufacturers 2 Service 2 1 Kowie Railway 2 2 Cape Government Railways 2 3 South African Railways 2 4 Rhodesia Railways 3 Locomotives no 1012 to 1014 4 Works numbers 5 ReferencesManufacturers editIn 1894 and 1895 four 0 4 0ST locomotives were delivered to the Port Elizabeth Harbour Board PEHB from Black Hawthorn amp 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 amp Company ex works in July 1902 with works numbers 616 and 617 These two were lettered M and N 1 4 Service editKowie 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 nbsp No 01020 ex engine L by Chapman amp FurneauxIn 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 editIn 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 nbsp PEHB engine B ex Despatch Brickmaking amp Woolwashing Co 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 amp Woolwashing Company in Port Elizabeth built in 1881 by Andrew Barclay Sons amp 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 editThe 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 Port Elizabeth Harbour Board 0 4 0ST of 1894 Builder Worksno Orderdate Locono Locoletter CGRno SARno Transfer sold orscrappedFox Walker 330 1876 12 A 1012 01012 1918 01 UitenhageAndrew Barclay 234 1881 B 1013 01013 Ex Despatch Brickmaking amp Woolwashing Co 1912 05 UitenhageLowca Engineering 232 1898 C 1014 01014 From TBHB pre 1901 1913 06 UitenhageBlack Hawthorn 1104 1894 08 1 D 1015 01015 1932 02 UitenhageBlack Hawthorn 1108 1894 11 2 E 1016 01016 1930 01 UitenhageBlack Hawthorn 1109 1894 11 3 F 1017 01017 1914 06 Mosselbaai 1920 12 UitenhageBlack Hawthorn 1126 1895 09 4 G 1018 01018 Port Alfred 1904 1910 1928 08 UitenhageChapman amp Furneaux 1207 1900 12 K 1019 01019 1921 08 UitenhageChapman amp Furneaux 1208 1900 12 L 1020 01020 1929 09 UitenhageHudswell Clarke 1213 616 1902 02 M 1021 01021 1929 07 to RRHudswell Clarke 1214 617 1902 02 N 1022 01022 1919 03 UitenhageReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Port Elizabeth Harbour 0 4 0ST 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 amp 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 amp 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Port Elizabeth Harbour 0 4 0ST amp oldid 1126683947, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
