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South African 0-4-0T no. 69
Harbour shunter no. 69, Paardeneiland, Cape Town
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerOrenstein & Koppel
BuilderOrenstein & Koppel
Serial number3019
Build date1909 [1]
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-4-0T
Gauge900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) as built,
regauged to 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge [2]
Driver dia.29 in (737 mm)
Wheelbase6 ft (1.829 m)
Length19 ft 6 in (5.944 m) over beams
Width8 ft (2.438 m)
Height10 ft 6 in (3.200 m)
Loco weight16+10⁄20 long tons (16.8 t) empty
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure170 psi (1,170 kPa)
CylindersTwo
Valve gearWalschaerts
Performance figures
Power output140 hp (100 kW)
Tractive effort9,100 lbf (40 kN)
Career
OperatorsHollandse Anneming Maatschappij
South African Railways
ClassHarbour shunter
Number in class1
Numbers69
Delivered1939 (Contractors), 1941 (SAR)
First run1909

The South African 0-4-0T no. 69 is a South African steam locomotive from the South African Railways era.

A single second-hand 0-4-0 tank locomotive was bought by the South African Railways in 1941 and employed as harbour shunting engine in Cape Town. The engine had until then been used as construction locomotive by the contractors who undertook the construction of the new Table Bay harbour.[3][4]

Origin

When the old Table Bay harbour in Cape Town became inadequate to cope with the vast increase in shipping, a contract was awarded to the Hollandse Anneming Maatschappij Eiendoms Beperk to construct a new harbour. Work to reclaim ground on the Foreshore and build new and deeper docks began in 1938, and the contractors brought out a small 0-4-0T tank locomotive to use on site for general haulage work. The locomotive's arrival date is not known, but it was removed from Dutch boiler records in October 1939.[1][3]

The locomotive had been built by Orenstein & Koppel in Berlin in 1909, originally as a 140 horsepower (100 kilowatts) 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) gauge locomotive for the Fix Söhne Bauunternehmung in Meiderich. It was later regauged to 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge and transferred or sold to the Dutch contractors.[3][2]

Service

In 1941 the South African Railways bought the locomotive from the contractors out of hand. It was not classified in Railway service, but was numbered 69 and bore cab-side plates lettered "SAR-H&NW". It remained in use as a dock shunter in Table Bay harbour into the 1950s.[3][4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Railway History Group of Southern Africa, Bulletin no. 114, January 2013: Notes on Cape Town Harbour Extension Contracts, by John Middleton
  2. ^ a b Bude, Roland; Fricke, K.; Murray, M. (1978). O&K-Dampflokomotiven. Lieferverzeichnis 1892 - 1945, (1st ed.). Buschhoven. ISBN 3-921894-00-X.
  3. ^ a b c d Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 124–125. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  4. ^ a b Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. p. 122. ISBN 0869772112.
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