Classes N and P Narrow Gauge Locomotives, "Ceylon Railway Enthusiasts Circle (CREC)/SLRF", http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/locos1.html, "Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Railways Steam Locomotive and Steam Railcar Fleet", "Diesel Locomotives of Sri Lanka: Locomotive classification", http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/locos3.html, http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/locos4.html, http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/locos2.html, http://slrailwiki.wikinet.org/wiki/Class_M10, http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/locos5.html, "Switcher Locomotives: Types, History, And Photos", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Locomotives_of_Sri_Lanka_Railways&oldid=1102316724, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Ex Breakwater branch; absorbed in 1874; a third loco was not taken into stock, 131139 renumbered 3237, 131133; 150151 renumbered 38, 40; 12 rebuilt as class D1 and numbered 298 in 1930; D3 class saturated, reclassified D2 when superheated, 144151 delivered as 152154, 157161; F2 saturated, reclassified F2 when superheated. Transferred to Dinas by road early September 2008. As weight and power and length increased, there were experiments with flexible boiler casings; from 1910 the Santa Fe road introduced jointed-boiler 2-6-6-2 locomotives weighing 392,000lb (178,000kg), with a 37 feet (11.28m) long boiler barrel, with a firetube reheater and a firetube feedwater section in front, each separated by a blank section, and variants of a telescopic or bellows type boiler casing. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Withdrawn in 2020 for a ten-yearly overhaul. Unrestored. Note: One class N2 locomotive was re-classified as Class E1 after fitting with Alstom pantographs, to be run under electric power. These are the most powerful narrow gauge locos in the world, which is necessary to cope with the hard gradients of up to 1 in 40 along the line pulling up to 12 coaches. Typically the support bearing was placed beneath the smokebox, hollowed and with a sliding seal to provide a route for exhaust steam from the low-pressure cylinders to discharge through a blastpipe within the smoke box. [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. This 335hp diesel hydraulic locomotive was built for work in a diamond mine and was later used for cement traffic at Port Elizabeth, South Africa. With each set of cylinders and coupled wheels constituting a separate engine, the end result was two locomotives in one, with one huge shared boiler which needed only one crew. Rebuilt in 1989 to Class NGG16A, Privately owned by the Mortimer family, in very poor condition. Ex South African Railways NG15 Class Unrestored. In 1989 and 1990 two of these locomotives were rebuilt to Class NG G16A by the Alfred County Railway. Restored and entered service in autumn 2006. Arrived ex ship "Belnor". [9][10][11], Since withdrawal from SAR service, some locomotives were sold to foreign railways and into private hands and restored to operational condition, while others ended up in various degrees of preservation ranging across the spectrum from running order to staging to total abandonment. [6][7] These were unsuccessful, and later engines used conventional boilers. Operational after being overhauled in 2020. [13] This gave them a second almost-complete Class NG G16 which will possibly also be totally rebuilt in the future. Whereafter replacement locomotives were given the same number as the locomotive that they replaced with an "R" prefix; until such time as the old locomotive, now running with an "O" prefix, was finally withdrawn. As of March 2022, Sri Lanka does not have commercially operational electric locomotives or train sets. Locomotive is for sale. [1][2], The success of the Class NG G13 narrow gauge Garratts that were introduced by the South African Railways (SAR) in 1927 led to a decision that any additional narrow gauge articulated locomotives would be of the same design. Hitachi Tourist excursion train. [citation needed], The Welsh Highland Railway in Wales has five Class NG G16 locomotives. 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. 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. These narrow gauge Garratts had boilers of 4feet 2inches (1,270 millimetres) inside diameter on a frame width of about 6feet 10+12inches (2,096 millimetres). Narrow Gauge Garratt locomotives Herbert Garratt - and his Sandstone locomotives An iconic Sandstone scene. In service on newly refurbished bogies. The ACR was also known as the Banana Express from the tourism part of its operation. 20 All items (468) # A B C D E With the introduction of diesel locomotives, coloured liveries appeared. WO6E1- 120 hp The original source of information for this table was the: "Rheilffordd Eryri - Welsh Highland Railway Traveller's Guide" published by the Ffestiniog Railway Company in 2002. The mill gave it the number 9 and used it to work sugar cane wagons in Innisfail district of Far North Queensland. [1][2], Altogether 34 Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2 locomotives were built for the South African Railways (SAR) between 1937 and 1968. All scrapped, Some were later fitted with small under-floor diesel units and were reclassified T2, Except one (571 Saskatchewan) all others are still in active service, M5A: Re-engined locally using MTU V12 in 1991; M5B: Re-engined locally using, Sub Class M8A: Only 2 locomotives were introduced. [9][10], The GPCS relies on the gasification of coal on a low temperature firebed so that the gases are then fully burnt above the firebed. [11], The two locomotives of the second order also served in Natal, ending up working on the branch from Estcourt to Weenen. [1][2][3], The third order was for a further seven locomotives in 1951, numbered in the range from NG125 to NG131, once again from Beyer, Peacock. 491 is the largest operating narrow gauge steam locomotive in the western hemisphere. All trailer coaches are Air-conditioned Chiar cars. 3985", "1309 Restoration | Western Maryland Scenic Railroad", "G 23/3 104 Sddeutsche Eisenbahn Gesellschaft Chemin de fer-muse Blonay-Chamby", "G 22/2 105 Sddeutsche Eisenbahn Gesellschaft Chemin de fer-muse Blonay-Chamby", Baldwin description of Mallet locomotives from 1912, Lake Superior Railroad Museum Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Steam Locomotive No. Similar to 2100, built at Boston Lodge. Note the clear exhausts in the picture below of numbers 141 and 155 double-heading on the climb from Bongwana to Nqabeni. 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. It initially remained there after the trials, while the other two went to the Stuartstown line in Natal, to be joined there by no. Running numbers 99 5901-3 and 99 5906 are in working order. [1], In comparative testing, no. 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Some are not in use. Drawing Office, Pretoria, 28 November 1932, South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended, South African National Railway And Steam Museum, "Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Chapter 7, page 460". While not an outright failure these were considered an unsuccessful design, and by 1916-1917 these units had been converted to a conventional 2-10-0 arrangement. [17] There is also a G 2x 2/2 0-4-4-0 No.105 built by Maschinenfabrik Karlsruhe. Mallets were employed in Brazilian 1,000mm (3ft3+38in) metre gauge, tight-radius railroads. 729 ex demonstrator, ran as DR V150.001; imported 1970. NG155 in 1990, were reclassified to Class NG G16A. M6 ICE locomotives have a unique ICE livery of brown and orange. Locomotive is for sale. [5], The Railways upgraded its service to diesel locomotives, under the leadership of B. D. Rampala in the mid 1950s. Only the boiler cradle and cab are today genuine 156. Unrestored, scrap condition. Built by Societe Franco-Belge builders No.2979, Beyer Peacock builders No.7628. Typical for many locomotives is a livery that has thick horizontal bands of dark blue, light blue, silver and a yellow stripe. [1][2][3][4], The challenges of Africa resulted in the regular need for double-heading of steam locomotives on heavy trains. [2], On the Avontuur Railway, these locomotives were used as tank-and-tender Garratts, but when the Langkloof members of the class were transferred to Natal in 1964, the water tenders were dispensed with since watering points were much closer together in Natal as a consequence of the early use of tank engines on those narrow-gauge branches. 23, re-establishing the division between FR and WHR stock in the combined stock list. This was the last locomotive built by Beyer, Peacock and Company in Manchester. It was built for the Drewry Car Co, for Underhill Day & Co, for the South Johnstone Co-operative Sugar Milling Association in Australia. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. One Mallet ran in New Zealand, and is preserved at Glenbrook Vintage Railway, Auckland. The last Garratt built by. The run to Devil's Bridge was part of testing at the narrow-gauge railway, which runs for 11 34 miles whilst visiting 9 stations and halts. [3][14], Beyer, Peacock and Company works picture of no. This, in turn, results in a more powerful locomotive, since a much larger percentage of the locomotive's total mass contributes to traction compared to a tender locomotive of similar total mass. Steam locomotives are no longer used, except on heritage trains, such as the Viceroy Special. On December 17, 2021, C&O 1309 (now WMSR 1309) entered excursion service on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. 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. 346 Rio Grande No. As a French-speaking Swiss, Mallet pronounced his name accordingly, something like "Ma-lay". Not in operation and the power cars were scrapped. Arrived ex ship "Belnor". A dedicated carriage containing toilet, guard's office and buffet store, similar to Carriage 124 on the Ffestiniog Railway. Locomotives and train sets of Sri Lanka Railways consist mostly of diesel locomotives and multiple units. Scrap condition. In 2004 the locomotive was purchased by a member of the Lynton & Barnstaple Trust, who shipped it from Australia in 2005. Ten-yearly overhaul was completed in 2020, with the locomotive now painted in South African Railways black with SAR/SAS logo on the coal bunker. 482 Rio Grande No. 6 and 7). [, Entered service as "405". Mechanical Dept. After first being steamed in September 2019 129, in November 2019 it underwent light engine and load testing.[14][15]. The last compound Mallets to remain in use on a major North American railroad were the N&W class Y6b 2-8-8-2 locomotives, retired in July 1959. It was taken out of service in October 2010 due to mechanical problems and retired from the Union Pacific's excursion program in January 2020. [2], When the four Natal narrow gauge systems were closed down by the SAR, the Weenen and Mid-Illovo lines were lifted, but the Harding line was privatised as the Alfred County Railway (ACR), operating out of Port Shepstone. Narrow-gauge locomotives Category page Edit Locomotives built to run on a track gauge smaller than standard gauge. Constructed by Nippon Sharyo in Japan, they were the only Mallets built in Asia. As of January 2023, No. A third stage (triple expansion) may be employed. Porta. Arrived on the WHR 18 February 2010. Purchased from Exmoor Steam Centre, who imported it to the UK. On postage stamps, for example, it was "Zuid Afrika" from 1913, "Suidafrika" from the airmail stamps of 1925 and hyphenated "Suid-Afrika" from 1933. Transferred Dinas, in August 1997 for use on reconstruction work. Steam locomotives were numbered from 1 upwards, reaching 161 in 1911. NG54 was restored in Bloemfontein in 1989, After a period working the Apple Express out of Port Elizabeth, it ended up staged out of service at Humewood Road until it was removed by Sandstone Estates in 2011 for safe-keeping. The deal also included 20 container carriers and 30 fuel tank wagons. A development of carriages 2043, 2044 and 2045. In the Dutch East Indies, now the Republic of Indonesia, several types and sizes remained in use into the 1980s. The term "Mallet" continued to be widely used for simple as well as compound locomotives. NG129's restoration was planned to coincide with the next time that no. [citation needed]. [, Overturned near Cutana on "Broken Hill Express". Nicknamed "Old Maude", it was a 0-6-6-0 weighing 334,500lb (151,700kg) and with axle loads of 60,000lb (27,000kg). [3], Mallet found typical main line railways were unwilling to adopt his ideas. The last known fate of all the Class NG G16 locomotives, as of October 25th 2022, are shown in Table I. 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. Imported in two variants, one for run on commuter services and other run on long distance services. 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