Durban Harbour's Congella

Durban Harbour's Congella

300px Natal Harbours Department engine Congella, c. 1902

Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Hudswell, Clarke and Co. Builder Hudswell, Clarke and Co. Serial number 605 Build date 1902

Specifications Configuration 0-4-0ST (Four-coupled) Driver axle 2nd coupled axle Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge Coupled dia Wheelbase 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Length:  • Over couplers 20 ft 5 in (6,223 mm)  • Over Bufferbeams 17 ft 11 in (5,461 mm) Height Adhesive weight Loco weight Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 10 long hundredweight (0.5 t) Water cap Boiler:  • Pitch  • Small tubes 58: 2 in (51 mm)  • Firebox type Round-top Boiler pressure 160 psi (1,103 kPa) Safety valve Ramsbottom Firegrate area 5.6 sq ft (0.52 m2) Heating surface 287.66 sq ft (26.724 m2)  • Tubes 254.44 sq ft (23.638 m2)  • Firebox 33.22 sq ft (3.086 m2) Cylinders Two Cylinder size 10 in (254 mm) bore 16 in (406 mm) stroke Valve gear Stephenson Couplers Bell link-and-pin

Performance figures Tractive effort 5,731 lbf (25.49 kN) @ 75%

Career Operators Harbours Department of Natal Number in class 1 Official name Congella Delivered 1902 First run 1902

Durban Harbour's Congella of 1902 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Natal Colony.

In 1902, the Harbours Department of the Natal Government placed a single 0-4-0ST saddle-tank locomotive named Congella in service as dock shunting engine in Durban Harbour.

Port Advisory Board

In 1898, a Port Advisory Board was established in Durban, consisting of seven members who represented the Colonial Government as well as commercial and municipal entities. The board was responsible for the management, control, improvement, development and maintenance of the facilities at Durban Harbour, and empowered to levy wharfage dues.

Railway operations in the harbour became the responsibility of the Harbours Department of the Government of Natal.

Manufacturer

In 1902, the Natal Harbours Department placed a single 0-4-0ST locomotive in service at Durban Harbour. It was built by Hudswell, Clarke and Company of Leeds and was not numbered, but named Congella.

Service

The fate of the locomotive is not known. The engine Congella was no longer in service at the harbour when the South African Railways and Harbours classification and renumbering scheme was executed in 1912.