Tender locomotive completed by Hunslet Engine Co for Eastern Provinces Cement Co, will handle heavy limestone traffic, hauling 400-ton trains over steep and sharply curved route; total heating surface 950.5 sq ft; grate area 15.5 sq ft; working pressure 180 psi; engine and tender wheelbase 39 ft 4 5/8 in.; length over buffers 46 ft 3 5/8 in.; total weight on coupled wheels 24 tons; tractive effort at 75% boiler pressure 13,420 lb.


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    Title :

    2-8-2 locomotive for South African 2-ft gauge line


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 91 , n 22


    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    South African locomotive developments

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928



    Locomotive development and Design on South African railways

    Day, W.A.J. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1940