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The South African Railways Class 6 4-6-0 of 1893 is a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1893 and 1894 the Cape Government Railways placed forty 6th Class 4-6-0 steam locomotives in service, twenty-two on its Western System and eighteen on its Midland System. In 1897 ten of them were sold to the Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen. At the end of the Second Boer War in 1902, these ten became the Class 6-L1 on the Central South African Railways. In 1912, when all forty locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered but retained their Class 6 classification.〔Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 8, 12, 14, 28 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)〕 ==Manufacturer== The 6th Class 4-6-0 passenger steam locomotive was designed at the Salt River works of the Cape Government Railways (CGR) at the same time as the 7th Class, both locomotives according to the specifications of Michael Stephens, then Chief Locomotive Superintendent of the CGR, and under the supervision of H.M. Beatty, then Locomotive Superintendent of the Cape Western System. Whereas the 7th Class was conceived primarily as a goods locomotive, the 6th Class was intended to be its fast passenger service counterpart.〔 The forty locomotives were built by Dübs and Company and delivered between 1893 and 1894, numbered in the ranges from 139 to 160 for the Western System and 353 to 370 for the Midland System. Fourteen of the Midland's eighteen locomotives were later renumbered.〔 The 6th Class locomotives were the forerunners of one of the most useful classes of locomotives to see service in South Africa. They were fast, easy to handle, good steamers and had an exceptionally low maintenance cost with long periods between major overhauls. They were so advanced over previous designs that C.B. Elliot, General Manager of the CGR at the time, stated in his annual report in 1894 that they would render practicable the running of passenger trains between Cape Town and Johannesburg in 48 hours.〔 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「South African Class 6 4-6-0」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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