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The South African Railways NG 0-4-0T of 1899 was a narrow-gauge steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal and Natal.. In 1899, Rand Mines acquired two narrow-gauge 0-4-0 T steam locomotives from Avonside Engine Company and, in 1900, a similar locomotive was delivered to Reynolds Brothers Sugar Estates of Esperanza in Natal.
The South African Railways Class NG2 0-4-2ST of 1897 was a narrow-gauge steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal. Between 1897 and 1901, Arthur Koppel , acting as agent, imported a number of Dickson-built 0-4-2 ST narrow-gauge steam locomotives for mines on the Witwatersrand.
Three Sirdar class 0-4-0 T narrow-gauge steam locomotives were built for Allan Alderson and Company of Cairo, for use during the Nile Barrage construction in Egypt.In November 1899, the Director of Army Contracts of the British War Office ordered two narrow-gauge steam locomotives from Kerr, Stuart and Company for delivery within ten days, since the locomotives were urgently needed by the ...
In 1915, when an urgent need arose for additional locomotives in Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika during World War I, two of these 0-4-2 ST locomotives were purchased second-hand by the SAR for use on the narrow gauge lines in that territory. The two locomotives remained in South West Africa after the war and were later designated Class NG2 on the SAR.
For certain duties diesel locomotives were also used, albeit these were usually second-hand or rebuilt engines. Locomotives with a gauge of 750 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) were classified as Kö 6001ff. and 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) locomotives as Kö 6501ff..
The 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) gauge Talyllyn Railway in Wales experienced a significant growth in passenger numbers in the late 1960s, and sought additional motive power to handle the extra traffic. The railway's unusual gauge meant there were no second-hand steam locomotives available to purchase.
A larger locomotive was ordered from W. G. Bagnall and delivered without a name in 1937; this was later christened Judy which continued the Punch and Judy theme, but the final locomotive was named Alfred after the manager of the harbour, Alfred Truscott. This locomotive, which arrived at Par in 1954, was another Bagnall 0-4-0ST similar to Judy. [2]
The N class was a branch line steam locomotive that ran on the Victorian Railways (VR) from 1925 to 1966. A development of the successful K class 2-8-0 , it was the first VR locomotive class designed for possible conversion from 5 ft 3 in ( 1,600 mm ) to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge .
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