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The Natal Government Railways Class K 2-6-0T of 1877 is a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Natal Colony. The Natal Government Railways was established in terms of Law 4 of 1875 and William Milne was appointed as its Locomotive Superintendent. All the assets of the Natal Railway Company were taken over by the Colonial Government and became part of the new Railways with effect from 1 January 1877. To cope with the anticipated traffic on the new Cape gauge line that was being built inland from Durban to Pietermaritzburg, he placed an order for seven new 2-6-0 tank locomotives in 1876. In 1905 or 1906 the survivors of these locomotives became part of the Natal .〔''The Railway Report for year ending 31 Dec. 1904'', Natal Government Railways, Annexure B, Durban, January 1905.〕〔''The Railway Report for year ending 31 Dec. 1906'', Natal Government Railways.〕〔Early NGR background information〕 ==Manufacturer== Natal Government Railways (NGR) Locomotive Superintendent William Milne, who first arrived in Natal on 14 March 1876 aboard the RMS Natal, was so impressed by the engines Durban and Pietermaritzburg, the two contractor’s tank locomotives that were being used on the construction of the line from Durban to Pietermaritzburg, that he placed an order with Beyer, Peacock and Company for seven of them. The locomotives were numbered in the range from 1 to 7 and were built in two batches, with numbers 1 to 5 being delivered in 1877 and the other two in 1878. Their numbers were later changed to the range from 501 to 507.〔〔〔''New Light on Early Natal Locomotives'', Article by Donald Bell & A.E. Durrant, SA Rail September–October 1994, pp. 164-166.〕〔''The Natal Mercury'' of March 1876.〕 The first two locomotives, along with 30 open wagons and 10 passenger carriages, were landed off the ship Empress of India on 14 December 1877. Engine no. 3 was the first to be placed in service, making its trial run on 10 January 1878.〔''The Natal Mercury'' of 15 December 1877 and 11 January 1878.〕〔(SAR-L Yahoogroup message 46017 of 7 October 2013, from Bruno Martin - Re: Re: NGR 2-6-0T of 1877 )〕〔Information on Natal 2-6-0T from Bruno Martin〕
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