Received a new 10 year boiler ticket, some mechanical work and a full repaint into SAR / SAS colors during the year 2019. 473 East Broad Top Railroad No. Imported in two variants, one for run on commuter services and other run on long distance services. Basil Roberts caught 2-8-0 + 0-8-2 Garratt GB 827 working an engineer's train at Pyinyaung on the mountainous branch above Thazi on 16th November 1972. 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. In Port Elizabeth, they were employed on shed and yard duty and on transfer trips to and from the docks until, after the arrival of the Class 91-000 diesel-electric locomotives in 1973, they were withdrawn from service in October 1974. [1][2], The seven Beyer, Peacock locomotives ordered by the Tsumeb Copper Corporation, numbers NG137 to NG143, were initially distributed between the Umzinto, Port Shepstone and Avontuur lines, but in 1964 the three that went to the Langkloof were also transferred to Natal. [16], Another industrial type has been purchased and restored by the Statfold Barn Railway in the UK. It was the first locomotive to be moved to Dinas, in January 1997. Diesel locomotives and multiple unit numbering started from 500 - an Armstrong Whitworth 122 hp 0-4-0 diesel-electric shunter delivered in 1934 [12] - and reached 840 in 1991. 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. [10] This system was abandoned in 1928,[10] with new locomotives being numbered from 249 upwards,[11] and reaching 336 by 1940, and 362 in 1951 when the last steam locomotive a 4-8-0 from WG Bagnall was delivered. Arrived on the WHR 18 February 2010. Narrow Gauge Garratt locomotives Herbert Garratt - and his Sandstone locomotives An iconic Sandstone scene. Built by Societe Franco-Belge builders No.2977, Beyer Peacock builders No.7626. It was still at Sandstone in July 2017, stored indoors in reasonable condition awaiting a THF decision on whether to leave it at Sandstone or return it to Humewood Road. [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. Spent much of its working life in South Africa until it was replaced by diesel traction. Built by Societe Franco-Belge builders No.2975, Beyer Peacock builders No.7624. [3] Manufacturer [ edit] Diesel locomotives and multiple unit numbering started from 500 an Armstrong Whitworth 122hp 0-4-0 diesel-electric shunter delivered in 1934[12] and reached 840 in 1991. This has been supplemented by later information as it became available. The various Railbus units that are currently operated are not listed below. NG5 as yard shunter at Humewood Road. [2][7], The final order for eight locomotives in 1967, numbered in the range from NG149 to NG156, turned out to be the last new steam locomotives to be ordered by the SAR. Unrestored. between 1995 and 2002 with numbers RB1 to RB14. Soul of A Railway, System 3, Part 1: Cape Midland, based in Port Elizabeth, Part 1, The Port Elizabeth Narrow Gauge. Photo credit: David Benn section of surviving Narrow Gauge Garratt locomotives in the world. Entered service in plain black livery in 1998, but was due for boiler recertification in 2009. Ex South African Railways NGG16 Class Garratt, red livery. Either method was expensive and, in such conditions, the Garratt design had distinct advantages. Three Mallets ran in Australia, including one on the Magnet Tramway in Tasmania. [1], The modifications were similar in scope to that of the Red Devil, although not as extensive. Their in-house compound 0-6-6-0 design located both the high and low pressure cylinders adjacent to one another in the center of the locomotive driving opposite directions. At that point, in spite of the difference between the two batches of 1919 and 1925, these five locomotives were all classified as Class NG G11, with the letters "NG" indicating narrow gauge and the "G" prefix to the classification number identifying it as a Garratt locomotive. Built by Societe Franco-Belge builders No.2978, Beyer Peacock builders No.7627. In 2009 the loco was displayed in Caernarfon town square to collect donations for the restoration of its sister loco, number 134. After first being steamed in September 2019 129, in November 2019 it underwent light engine and load testing.[14][15]. From a total of 23 engines in March 1961, of which four were sub-shedded at Loerie, the number almost doubled to 43 by July. Prior to this exchange, this carriage had been WHR No 24. In the 1990s, Sri Lanka Railways converted the narrow gauge (2ft6in (762mm)) Kelani Valley line into 5ft6in (1,676mm) broad gauge. ABPF-SC (Brazilian Association for Railroad Preservation Santa Catarina branch) has restored a 2-6-6-2 Mallet to working order. The last known fate of all the Class NG G16 locomotives, as of October 25th 2022, are shown in Table I. The 400 class class 4-8-2+2-8-4 type Garratt locomotives were built for use on the South Australian Railways narrow gauge system between Port Pirie and Broken Hill hauling heavy ore trains. GM Detroit Diesel V16 engine. Another 2 WDG4D locomotives are to be arrived. Similar to 2090. whilst the power units have been rebuilt at Dinas. The BlonayChamby museum railway has two Mallets. 318 Denver & Rio Grande Southern No. Initially outshopped in photographic grey livery on completion in 2009 and was then painted into midnight blue livery from March 2010. Collector's Series These kits are faithful depictions of classic narrow gauge designs, covering prototypes from 1'11" gauge (60cm) to 2'6". Since then, the Railways have imported locomotives from Canada, Japan, West Germany, India, France, and China[6][7][8]. In 2010 it was acquired by Sandstone Estates. This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 16:41. NG87 and Beyer, Peacock-built numbers NG130, NG138 and NG143, are used for operational purposes. Unlike other diesels purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway Company and named bilingually after Northern Welsh castles, 'Castell Caernarfon' is named in Welsh only. [1], Ejector pump efficiency depends on the length-to-diameter ratio of the exhaust chimney. Captions 26, 32. Mallet development culminated in 1941 with the 4-8-8-4 Big Boy type on the Union Pacific railroad. The improvement in performance and economy of the locomotive was brought about by the higher grate limit by means of the GPCS and better flow past the improved valves, valve motion and exhaust. 0-4-4-0 metre gauge Mallet built by Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe, operated commercially by the Zell im WiesentalTodtnau railway and as of 2021 preserved and still operating at the BlonayChamby museum railway. These U.S. locomotives were paralleled to some extent by heavy-haul versions in the USSR, though without any attempt at faster running. As of September 2021 it hauls tourist trains on 5% grades.[18]. [17] There is also a G 2x 2/2 0-4-4-0 No.105 built by Maschinenfabrik Karlsruhe. Some have transferred for regular service, to cover for maintenance and traction requirements before there were enough dedicated WHR locomotives to operate the passenger service, others were for construction purposes only. All operational locomotives in the country today are broad gauge. However, in view of the fact that all the carrying wheels were fitted with roller bearing axle boxes and arranged as swiveling pony trucks, compared to the Class NG G13 of which the inner carrying wheels were built to the Glsdorf system which allowed the axle some lateral movement, it was soon decided to reclassify them to Class NG G16. Bought by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1981 and re-gauged, it was re-bodied and overhauled at Boston Lodge in 1986 and frequently used on 'pull and push' trains. Converted from 2041, completed 2017. 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. Note: One class N2 locomotive was re-classified as Class E1 after fitting with Alstom pantographs, to be run under electric power. [, Overturned near Cutana on "Broken Hill Express". NG51 was later returned to the Avontuur line to replace the retiring Class NG3 no. Another De Winton is on display in the entrance to the WHR Caernarfon Station. In Canada, the Canadian Pacific Railway experimented with an unusual design of Mallet promoted by H.H. But unlike the CC 50 class, all of the CC 10s & DD 50 -52s was sadly cut up for scrap. 143 re-entered service in 2011 in green livery for the Fairlies, Garratts and Mallets competition. On loan to Statfold Barn Railway. Several others followed for railways in mainland Europe. [1], Other visible differences are larger mechanical lubricators and external drive from the valve spindle, a vacuum ejector exhaust muffler just in front of the safety valves, pipes conveying exhaust and ejector steam to the ashpan for mixing with the primary air, the secondary air inlets in the firebox sides with spark arresting plates outside them, and the snifting and bypass valves which were removed and blanked off since the modified locomotive drifted in mid-gear with steam supplied from the drifting valve. In September 2018, Sri Lankan Railway ordered 160 passenger coaches from India under $318M line of credit given by India. [1][2][8][9], With the GPCS, the coal is heated to drive off the volatile components which are then burned in the secondary air admitted above the grate. Garratts may not be nearly as big as Big Boys, Yellowstones, Alleghenys, etc. One of the examples in Germany was the class of 0-8-8-0Ts built by Maffei for Bavarian State Railways between 1913 and 1923. They were the first Garratt locomotives to enter service in South Africa. Soul of A Railway, System 3: Cape Midland, based in Port Elizabeth, Part 4: Loerie to Assegaaibos. Mallet designs were popular in Hungary, too. Between 1937 and 1968 the South African Railways placed 34 Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt articulated steam locomotives in service. History [ edit] (There was a proposal, late in the steam era, for a 3'6" gauge East African Garratt which would have been a large locomotive even by U.S. standard . Ex-Chattenden and Upnor Railway coach acquired for the WHR from the South Tynedale Railway and regauged from 2ft 6in gauge. "Societe Franco-Belge De Materiel Des Chemins De Fer Raismes, France" built 4-8-2+2-8-4 type narrow gauge Garratt steam locomotive. 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. Built by Societe Franco-Belge builders No.2980, Beyer Peacock builders No.7629. Lease lend to the Apple Express Organization. In the UK, Bagnalls built a number of 'Modified Meyers' for the narrow gauge, the last of them, 'Monarch' (762mm, 2' 6" gauge), is preserved on the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway in Wales, James Waite photographed it on display at Welshpool in September 2009. . But meanwhile in Garut - Cibatu in West Java, DKA ordered bigger 2-6-6-0 Mogul Mallets Like the extinct mallet tank Indonesian Railways CC10 Class and the even larger CC50 class along with the All extinct 2-8-8-0 Bull Moose like DD50 - 52 class. The model represents the Garratt locomotives presently running on the Welsh Highland Railway. Explore. Ex South African Railways NG15 Class Unrestored. The American engineer W. S. Hudson patented a system of compounding for railway locomotives in 1873[1] in which he proposed an intermediate receiver surrounded by hot gas from the fire, so that the low-pressure steam is partly superheated. G41 was put to work on the Colac to Beach Forest and Crowes line in the states (Victoria) south-west. These ran mostly on 600mm (1ft11+58in) and 700mm (2ft3+916in) gauge networks. A Garratt is therefore a single locomotive with double the tractive effort and, with its weight distributed over a long and flexible multi-axle wheelbase, a lower axle loading. [1][2][7], The Hunslet-Taylor locomotives, numbers NG149 to NG156, were placed in service on the Harding and Donnybrook branches in Natal in 1968. A new boiler has been constructed at the South Devon Railway (heritage railway) A number of Mallets were constructed for the Nordhausen Wernigerode Eisenbahn, now part of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways system in Germany. 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. 15 Jones & Laughlin Steel No. [1][2], When the lower section of the Avontuur line was dieselised upon the arrival of the Class 91-000 diesel-electric locomotives in 1973, all the Class NG G16 locomotives still in service were transferred to various branches in Natal, where they remained until they were withdrawn from service. The result is improved combustion, thereby minimising black smoke, which is evidence of incomplete combustion and unburnt coal particles being ejected through the exhaust. These were used in helper service in the Rockies and Selkirks. Trending pages Rio Grande No. is now at Paton County Narrow Gauge Railway . 6 and 7). NG141 achieved a fuel saving of 25% compared to a standard Class NG G16 Garratt, a performance which was easily maintained in regular service. Large numbers of Mallet designs for narrow gauge railways were built, but in 1889 the first six standard gauge examples were built by J A Maffei for the Swiss Central railways, and an 87 tonne 0-6-6-0T banker (US: pusher) for the Gotthard Bahn, the last being the most powerful and heaviest locomotive in the world at the time. Some other diesel locomotives (typically shunters) are available and operated in Sri Lanka other than the locomotives and shunters owned by Sri Lanka Railways. Garratt locomotives have two well spaced bogies on which are mounted the water . 229, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mallet_locomotive&oldid=1141931372, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2022, Articles needing additional references from October 2022, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. all the locomotive weight would be adhesive, yet there would be great flexibility of the locomotive as a vehicle; A simple type of very powerful locomotive would be created. Narrow Gauge 400 class-class 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt locomotives 400 class 400 to 409 Jump to: The 400 class class 4-8-2+2-8-4 type Garratt locomotives were built for use on the South Australian Railways narrow gauge system between Port Pirie and Broken Hill hauling heavy ore trains. [citation needed]. 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