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Old small 0-4-0T industrial steam locomotive circa 1898 in the Water Works Museum on Table Mountain

flickr-4226778570.jpg ThumbnailsSide view of old locomotive in the Water Works Museum

More info on this locomotive at steam-locomotives-south-africa.blogspot.com/2009/01/water...

The locomotive, works no 826, was built by Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co Ltd, Caledonia Works, Kilmarnock, Scotland, and was dispatched from the workshop on 7 October 1898.

- This is a 0-4-0T type with the 4 wheels of course coupled.
- The gauge is 2ft 6inch.
- It has 5" diameter cylinders (with 10" stroke) on the outside of the frame .
- It had no steam brakes - the hand operated mechanical brake can be seen in the cab.
- Boiler pressure at 85% of maximum was rated at 120psi - the last boiler test was done on 30 September 1898 at the builder's works in Scotland.
- The engine weighs about 6 or 7 tons
- Its tractive effort would have been 1275 lbs.

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