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| leadingdiameter = | driverdiameter = | trailingdiameter = | minimumcurve = | wheelbase = | length = | width = | height = | framesize = | axleload = | weightondrivers = | locoweight = | tenderweight = | locotenderweight = | tendertype = | fueltype = Coal | fuelcap = | lubecap = | coolantcap = | watercap = | tendercap = | sandcap = | consumption = | watercons = | electricsystem = | collectionmethod = | primemover = | rpmrange = | enginetype = | aspiration = | displacement = | alternator = | generator = | tractionmotors = | boiler = pitch | boilerpressure = | feedwaterheater = | firearea = | tubearea = | fluearea = | tubesandflues = | fireboxarea = | totalsurface = | superheatertype = | superheaterarea = | cylindercount = Two | cylindersize = | frontcylindersize= | rearcylindersize = | hpcylindersize = | lpcylindersize = | valvegear = | valvetype = | valvetravel = | valvelap = | valvelead = | transmission = | multipleworking = | maxspeed = | poweroutput = Approximately | tractiveeffort = | factorofadhesion = | trainheating = | locobrakes = | locobrakeforce = | trainbrakes = | safety = | operator = Natal Railway Company Natal Government Railways | operatorclass = | powerclass = | numinclass = 1 | fleetnumbers = | officialname = ''Natal'' | nicknames = | axleloadclass = | locale = | deliverydate = 13 May 1860 | firstrundate = 1860 | lastrundate = 1875 | retiredate = 1875 | withdrawndate = | preservedunits = | restoredate = | scrapdate = | currentowner = | disposition = | notes = }} The Natal Railway ''Natal'' of 1860 is a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Natal Colony. The first locomotive to run in revenue service in South Africa, the Natal Railway Company's engine ''Natal'', was landed at Durban Harbour on 13 May 1860 and made its inaugural run on 26 June 1860, during the official opening of the first operating railway in South Africa.〔Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1943). ''The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter I - The Period of the 4 ft. 8½ in. Gauge''. South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, June 1943. pp. 437-440.〕 ==The locomotive ''Natal''== The first revenue-earning railway service in South Africa commenced in Durban in the Colony of Natal on 26 June 1860. The train was hauled by a small broad gauge well-tank engine named ''Natal'', which was landed at Durban Harbour off the brig ''Cadiz'' on 13 May 1860. The engine arrived stripped down and was erected by Henry Jacobs, engine fitter, driver and locomotive superintendent of the Natal Railway Company, assisted by Alexander Davidson, chief smith, fitter, springmaker, platelayer and head of the repair shops. A young seaman named Austin was taken on as cleaner and greaser, and ultimately promoted to stoker. A station on the Bluff was later named after Henry Jacobs.〔〔〔The South African Railways - Historical Survey (Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd, Circa 1978, pp. 5-8.)〕 The locomotive ''Natal'' was, however, not the first locomotive to arrive in South Africa, having been denied that honour by nine engines in the Cape of Good Hope. These were ''Blackie'', the construction locomotive that had arrived in Cape Town on 8 September 1859, and the eight of the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company that had arrived in two shipments on 20 March and 28 April 1860 respectively.〔〔 Although the Cape's construction locomotive had been used during the construction of the Cape Town-Wellington line, a project that had commenced on 31 March 1859, official revenue-earning railway operations in the Cape only commenced when the first section of track of the line, between Fort De Knokke and Salt River in Cape Town, was officially opened on 8 February 1861.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Natal Railway 0-4-0WT Natal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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