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The South African Railways Class MJ1 2-6-6-0 of 1918 is a steam locomotive. In 1918 the South African Railways placed eight Class MJ1 Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives with a 2-6-6-0 wheel arrangement in branchline service.〔South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2’0” & 3’6” Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended〕 ==Manufacturer== Because of the difficulties experienced by the usual British and German suppliers to build new locomotives during World War I, orders for the Class MJ1 2-6-6-0 Mallet articulated compound steam locomotive were placed with Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in Canada. The locomotive was designed by MLW, based on the specifications for the Class MJ Mallet that was designed by D.A. Hendrie, the Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the South African Railways (SAR) from 1910 to 1922. Eight of these branchline locomotives were built and delivered by MLW in November 1918, numbered in the range from 1666 to 1673.〔〔 They were superheated, had Walschaerts valve gear and, like the Class MJ Mallets, had Belpaire fireboxes but slightly larger boilers. When compared to the Class MJ, a distinguishing feature of the Class MJ1 was the sandbox mounted on the boiler in North American style. In general appearance they were similar to the Class 14C and Class 15B 4-8-2 locomotives that were also built by MLW in 1918.〔〔 The Class MJ1 was the last Mallet locomotive class to be placed in service by the SAR and all its subsequent new articulated locomotives were to be Modified Fairlies and Garratts.〔 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 MJ1 2-6-6-0」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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