NGR 4-6-2TT Havelock

NGR 2-8-2TT Havelock
NGR 4-6-2TT Havelock

Havelock as a Mikado type, as built, circa 1888

Type and origin ♠ - 2-8-2TT (Mikado) - ♥ - 4-6-2TT (Pacific) Power type Steam Designer Natal Government Railways (William Milne) Builder Natal Government Railways Model NGR 2-8-2TT Build date 1888 Total produced 1 Rebuilder Natal Government Railways Number rebuilt 1 to 4-6-2TT (Pacific)

Specifications Configuration 2-8-2TT (Mikado) Driver ♠ 3rd coupled axle ♥ 2nd coupled axle Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge Leading dia. 25 1⁄2 in (648 mm) Coupled dia. 39 in (991 mm) Trailing dia. 25 1⁄2 in (648 mm) Tender wheels 25 1⁄2 in (648 mm) Wheelbase ♠ 34 ft 11 1⁄2 in (10,655 mm)  • Engine ♠ 22 ft 11 1⁄2 in (6,998 mm)  • Coupled ♠ 11 ft 5 1⁄2 in (3,492 mm) ♥ 7 ft 9 1⁄2 in (2,375 mm)  • Tender ♠♥ 7 ft 6 in (2,286 mm) Wheel spacing (Asymmetrical) ♠ 1-2: 3 ft 8 in (1,118 mm) 2-3: 3 ft 8 in (1,118 mm) 3-4: 4 ft 1 1⁄2 in (1,257 mm) ♥ 1-2: 3 ft 8 in (1,118 mm) 2-3: 4 ft 1 1⁄2 in (1,257 mm) Length: ​  • Over couplers 41 ft 1 in (12,522 mm) Height 12 ft (3,658 mm) Frame type Plate Loco weight ♠ 38 LT (38,610 kg) Tender weight ♠ 12 LT (12,190 kg) Total weight ♠ 50 LT (50,800 kg) Tender type 2-axle Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 3 LT 10 cwt (3.6 t) Water cap 880 imp gal (4,000 l) Tender cap 900 imp gal (4,090 l) Firebox type Round-top  • Firegrate area 14 sq ft (1.3 m2) Boiler: ​  • Pitch 6 ft (1,829 mm)  • Diameter 3 ft 10 1⁄8 in (1,172 mm) outside  • Tube plates 11 ft (3,353 mm)  • Small tubes 174: 1 5⁄8 in (41 mm) Boiler pressure 140 psi (965 kPa) Safety valve Salter & Ramsbottom Heating surface 954 sq ft (88.6 m2)  • Tubes 877 sq ft (81.5 m2)  • Firebox 77 sq ft (7.2 m2) Cylinders Two Cylinder size 16 in (406 mm) bore 21 in (533 mm) stroke Valve gear Stephenson Valve type Slide Loco brake Vacuum Couplers Johnston link-and-pin

Performance figures Tractive effort ♠ 14,473 lbf (64.38 kN) @ 75%

Career Operators Natal Government Railways Number in class 1 Numbers 48 Official name Havelock Nicknames Hairy Mary Delivered 1888 First run 1888 Withdrawn 1905

♠ The 2nd coupled axle had flangeless wheels

The Natal Government Railways 4-6-2TT Havelock of 1888 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Natal Colony.

During 1887, designs for a 2-8-2 Mikado type tank-and-tender locomotive were prepared by the Natal Government Railways. The locomotive was built in the Durban workshops and entered service in 1888, named Havelock. It was later rebuilt to a 4-6-2 Pacific type wheel arrangement. The engine Havelock was the first locomotive to be designed and built in South Africa.

The designs for a 2-8-2 Mikado type tank-and-tender locomotive were drawn up in 1887 by William Milne, the Locomotive Superintendent of the Natal Government Railways (NGR). It was built in the Durban workshops of the NGR at a cost of £3,021 and was not only the first locomotive and tender to be designed and built in South Africa, but also the first in South Africa to have eight-coupled wheels. Only the wheels and axles were obtained from England.

Construction began on 26 January 1888 and the locomotive went on its first trial trip during August of that year. It was allocated number 48 and was named Havelock, after Sir Arthur Havelock, the Governor of the Colony of Natal from 1886 to 1889.

The engine Havelock was amongst the forerunners of eight-coupled locomotives in the world. It was not until eight years later, in 1896, that the first eight-coupled locomotive entered service in the United Kingdom. On the NGR, the design of the Dübs A 4-8-2T locomotive, later the NGR Class D 4-8-2T, was based on the experience gained with the engine Havelock. Their respective designs were similar in several aspects.

The engine Havelock was the first tender locomotive in NGR service, a tank-and-tender engine which carried water in the four-wheeled tender as well as in the side-tanks. The engine and tender were both equipped with vacuum brakes. The locomotive had two boiler-mounted sandboxes and was equipped with both Salter and Ramsbottom safety valves. The firebox was equipped with a rectangular flat-bottomed type of ashpan, which was only 10 inches (254 millimetres) deep since it had to clear the trailing axle.