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Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-4-0ST
• UIC	Bn2t
Driver	2nd coupled axle
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge; Broader than the traditional; 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Coupled dia.	48 in (1,219 mm)
Wheelbase	7 ft 2 in (2,184 mm)
Length:;
• Over couplers	18 ft 8+3⁄4 in (5,709 mm)
Fuel type	Coal
Firebox:
• Type	Round-top
• Grate area	9.27 sq ft (0.861 m2)
Boiler:;
• Type	Domeless
• Pitch	5 ft 5 in (1,651 mm)
• Diameter	3 ft (914 mm)
• Tube plates	10 ft 6 in (3,200 mm)
• Small tubes	98: 2 in (51 mm)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	55 sq ft (5.1 m2)
• Tubes	552 sq ft (51.3 m2)
• Total surface	606 sq ft (56.3 m2)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	12 in (305 mm) bore; 18 in (457 mm) stroke
Valve gear	Stephenson
Couplers	Buffers-and-chain

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Kitson and Company
Builder	Kitson and Company
Serial number	1271
Build date	Ex works 25 March 1865

Natal Railway 0-4-0ST *Durban*
NGR 0-4-0ST *Durban*
Natal Railway 0-4-0ST Durban; NGR 0-4-0ST Durban
	Natal Railway Company's 0-4-0ST Durban
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Kitson and Company
Builder	Kitson and Company
Serial number	1271
Build date	Ex works 25 March 1865
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-4-0ST
• UIC	Bn2t
Driver	2nd coupled axle
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge; Broader than the traditional; 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Coupled dia.	48 in (1,219 mm)
Wheelbase	7 ft 2 in (2,184 mm)
Length:;
• Over couplers	18 ft 8+3⁄4 in (5,709 mm)
Fuel type	Coal
Firebox:
• Type	Round-top
• Grate area	9.27 sq ft (0.861 m2)
Boiler:;
• Type	Domeless
• Pitch	5 ft 5 in (1,651 mm)
• Diameter	3 ft (914 mm)
• Tube plates	10 ft 6 in (3,200 mm)
• Small tubes	98: 2 in (51 mm)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	55 sq ft (5.1 m2)
• Tubes	552 sq ft (51.3 m2)
• Total surface	606 sq ft (56.3 m2)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	12 in (305 mm) bore; 18 in (457 mm) stroke
Valve gear	Stephenson
Couplers	Buffers-and-chain
Operators
Career
Operators	Natal Railway Company; Natal Government Railways
Number in class	1
Official name	Durban
Delivered	1865
First run	1865

The Natal Railway 0-4-0 ST Durban of 1865 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Natal Colony.

In 1865, the Natal Railway Company acquired an 0-4-0 ST locomotive. This was the Natal Railway's second locomotive and was named Durban.^[1]^[2]

Manufacturer

The second locomotive to be placed in service by the Natal Railway Company in Durban was an 0-4-0 ST engine named Durban. It was built by Kitson and Company and left the Kitson shops on 25 March 1865, with works number 1271. The locomotive arrived in Durban on 4 August 1865, on board the White Cross Line vessel Actaea.^[2]^[3]

As built, the locomotive had an open cab area with a spectacle-type weatherboard as only protection for the crew against the elements. It is not known whether the engine was equipped with an enclosed cab post-delivery. It had a domeless boiler which took steam from the steam space above the firebox, with a sandbox mounted atop the boiler.^[4]

Service

Natal Railway Company

For the next ten years, the entire locomotive fleet of the Natal Railway Company consisted of this locomotive and the engine Natal. By 25 January 1867, the original 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) line between Market Square in Durban and Point station at Durban harbour, had only been extended by a further 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometres) to Umgeni. From there stone, quarried from the Umgeni River, was transported to the harbour. No further railway development took place and the locomotive fleet was only expanded to three in January 1876, upon the arrival of the engine Perseverance, a 4-4-0 T locomotive.^[1]^[5]^[6]

Natal Government Railways

In 1875, the Natal Government Railways (NGR) was established. All the assets of the Natal Railway Company were taken over by the Colonial Government and became part of the NGR with effect from 1 January 1877.^[1]^[6]

Since the Natal Government had decided to implement Cape gauge in conformance with the railways in the Cape of Good Hope and to extend the lines inland to Pietermaritzburg, up the north coast to Verulam and down the south coast to Isipingo, the existing tracks were regauged and the railway service life of two of the three locomotives came to an end.^[5]^[6]^[7]

The engine Natal was sold to a farmer, while the still new engine Perseverance was converted for use as a stationary engine and employed to drive the sawmill machinery in the Durban workshops. It is possible, but not confirmed, that the saddle-tank locomotive Durban was regauged to Cape gauge and retained in service.^[1]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
^ ^a ^b It's a Puzzlement, Article by Bruno Martin, SA Rail December 1990, pp. 214–215.
^ Kitson works list, compiled by Reg Carter, November 1997
^ New Light on Early Natal Locomotives, Article by Donald Bell & A.E. Durrant, SA Rail September–October 1994, pp. 164–166.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. pp. 19–20. ISBN 9 780620 512282.
^ ^a ^b ^c The South African Railways – Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, pp. 5–8, 18.
^ Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1944). The Locomotive in South Africa – A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter III – Natal Government Railways. South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, May 1944. p. 337.