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The South African Railways Class 6K 4-6-0 of 1901 is a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1901 ten American-built 6th Class bar framed steam locomotives with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement were placed in service by the Cape Government Railways. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to .〔Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 8, 12, 14, 33 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)〕 ==Manufacturer== The Cape 6th Class was designed at the Salt River works of the Cape Government Railways (CGR) at the same time as the 7th Class. While the 7th Class was conceived primarily as a goods locomotive, the 6th Class was intended to be its fast passenger service counterpart.〔 The ten 6th Class locomotives that were placed in service by the CGR in 1901 were designed and built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works to the specifications of the CGR locomotive department and were consequently somewhat different in appearance from most previous Cape 6th Class locomotives. They were larger than any of the previous 6th Class locomotives. Like the Schenectady built Class 6G, they had larger boilers, large cabs and bore cylinders compared to the bore cylinders of all other 6th Class locomotives. They had bar frames, stovepipe chimneys and large domes and were the only 6th Class locomotives which did not have Ramsbottom safety valves, having been equipped with the "pop" type.〔 Apart from the stovepipe chimney, a visually obvious distinction was their driving wheel counterweights that were shaped like bent rectangles, instead of the usual curved and tapered counterweights that were used on most South African locomotives. Like other second generation 6th Class locomotives, they had higher running boards without driving wheel fairings. They were numbered in the range from 301 to 305 for the Western System of the CGR and in the range from 795 to 799 for the Eastern System.〔〔 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 6K 4-6-0」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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