CGR 0-4-0ST 1881 Coffee Pot
Teague and Company 0-4-0ST CGR 0-4-0ST 1881 Coffee Pot | |
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Cape gauge | |
Coupled dia. | 33 in (838 mm) |
Wheelbase | 5 ft (1,524 mm) |
Length: | |
• Over couplers | 19 ft (5,791 mm) |
Height | 9 ft (2,743 mm) |
Fuel type | Coal |
Firebox: | |
• Type | Round-top |
• Grate area | 5.7 sq ft (0.53 m2) |
Boiler: | |
• Pitch | 4 ft 2+3⁄4 in (1,289 mm) |
• Diameter | 2 ft 9+1⁄4 in (845 mm) |
• Tube plates | 7 ft 3 in (2,210 mm) |
Boiler pressure | 120 psi (827 kPa) |
Safety valve | Salter |
Cylinders | Two |
Cylinder size | 9+1⁄2 in (241 mm) bore 16 in (406 mm) stroke |
Valve gear | Stephenson |
Couplers | Buffers-and-chain (Teague's) Johnston link-and-pin (CGR) |
Performance figures | |
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Tractive effort | 3,895 lbf (17.33 kN) @ 75% |
Career | |
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Operators | Teague and Company Kimberley Mining Board Cape Government Railways Kimberley Diamond Mine |
Number in class | 1 |
Nicknames | Coffee Pot |
Delivered | 1881 Teague and Company 1885 Cape Government Railways |
First run | 1881 |
The Cape Government Railways 0-4-0ST 1881 Coffee Pot was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
In 1881, two
Cape railways expansion
In 1876, the
Construction of the two Midland System mainlines of the CGR commenced in 1874, one line from Swartkops in Port Elizabeth and the other from
Teague's Tramway
In May 1881, Teague and Company began operating on a short 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
The tramway acquired four locomotives, of which numbers 3 and 4 were 0-4-0 saddle-tank engines, built in 1881 by Ruston, Proctor and Company with works numbers 7272 and 7273. They were supplied through agents Sinclaire, Hamilton and Company in 1881, along with 150 four-wheel tip wagons built by Brown, Marshall and Company.[1][2]
The line was not economic and, when Teague and Company withdrew in October 1881, it was taken over by the Kimberley Mining Board, which itself went bankrupt in March 1883. The tramway ceased to operate after July 1883 and its equipment was offered for sale in March 1885. Of the four tramway locomotives, engine no. 3 was purchased by the CGR and no. 4 by the Kimberley Diamond Mine.[2]
Cape Government Railways
Engine no. 3 had its spring buffers-and-chain couplers replaced with the CGR's standard Johnston link-and-pin couplers. The locomotive was probably never classified or renumbered in CGR service and became generally known as the Coffee Pot. It served as construction locomotive while a temporary rail bridge was being constructed across the Orange River at Norvalspont, later to be replaced by a permanent bridge. In 1889, the Coffee Pot became the first locomotive to steam across the border between the Cape of Good Hope and the Orange Free State.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
- ^ a b c d Email from John Middleton regarding the Coffee Pot
- ^ a b The South African Railways – Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, pp. 11-13.