South African Class 16E 4-6-2

No. 858 Betty at Vetrivier, 5 November 1979

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	South African Railways (A.G. Watson)
Builder	Henschel and Son
Serial number	22583-22588
Model	Class 16E
Build date	1935
Total produced	6

Specifications
Configuration	4-6-2 (Pacific)
Driver	2nd coupled axle
Gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Leading dia.	34 in (864 mm)
Coupled dia.	72 in (1,829 mm)
Trailing dia.	34 in (864 mm)
Tender wheels	34 in (864 mm)
Wheelbase	63 ft 5 ³⁄₁₆ in (19,334 mm)
• Engine	33 ft 7 in (10,236 mm)
• Leading	7 ft 2 in (2,184 mm)
• Coupled	12 ft 3 ¹⁄₂ in (3,746 mm)
• Tender	20 ft 5 in (6,223 mm)
• Tender bogie	6 ft 2 in (1,880 mm)
Length:
• Over couplers	71 ft 8 ³⁄₁₆ in (21,849 mm)
Height	13 ft (3,962 mm)
Frame type	Bar
Axle load	20 LT 19 cwt (21,290 kg)
• Leading	19 LT 14 cwt (20,020 kg)
• 1st coupled	19 LT 8 cwt (19,710 kg)
• 2nd coupled	20 LT 19 cwt (21,290 kg)
• 3rd coupled	19 LT 7 cwt (19,660 kg)
• Trailing	18 LT 7 cwt (18,640 kg)
• Tender bogie	Bogie 1: 33 LT 18 cwt (34,440 kg) Bogie 2: 35 LT 10 cwt (36,070 kg)
• Tender axle	17 LT 15 cwt (18,030 kg)
Adhesive weight	59 LT 14 cwt (60,660 kg)
Loco weight	97 LT 15 cwt (99,320 kg)
Tender weight	69 LT 8 cwt (70,510 kg)
Total weight	167 LT 3 cwt (169,800 kg)
Tender type	JT (2-axle bogies) JT, JV permitted
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	14 LT (14.2 t)
Water cap	6,000 imp gal (27,300 l)
Firebox type	Round-top
• Firegrate area	63 sq ft (5.9 m²)
Boiler:
• Model	Watson Standard no. 3A
• Type	Domeless
• Pitch	9 ft 3 in (2,819 mm)
• Diameter	6 ft 2 ¹⁄₄ in (1,886 mm)
• Tube plates	19 ft ¹⁄₂ in (5,804 mm)
• Small tubes	136: 2 ¹⁄₂ in (64 mm)
• Large tubes	36: 5 ¹⁄₂ in (140 mm)
Boiler pressure	210 psi (1,448 kPa)
Safety valve	Pop
Heating surface	2,914 sq ft (270.7 m²)
• Tubes	2,682 sq ft (249.2 m²)
• Arch tubes	26 sq ft (2.4 m²)
• Firebox	206 sq ft (19.1 m²)
Superheater:
• Heating area	592 sq ft (55.0 m²)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	24 in (610 mm) bore 28 in (711 mm) stroke
Valve gear	Rotary Cam Poppet
Valve type	Poppet
Couplers	AAR knuckle

Performance figures
Tractive effort	35,280 lbf (156.9 kN) @ 75%

Career
Operators	South African Railways
Class	Class 16E
Number in class	6
Numbers	854–859
Delivered	1935
First run	1935
Withdrawn	1972

The 2nd coupled axle had flangeless wheels

The South African Railways Class 16E 4-6-2 of 1935 was a steam locomotive.

In 1935, the South African Railways placed six Class 16E steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific type wheel arrangement in express passenger train service.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Manufacturer

Following the world depression of 1930-1933, the South African Railways (SAR) set out to improve its Cape Town-Johannesburg express passenger service. To attain higher average speeds for its more important express trains, the Class 16E 4-6-2 Pacific type locomotive was designed by A.G. Watson, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the SAR from 1929 to 1936, specifically for use with the Union Express and the Union Limited trains. Six locomotives were built by Henschel and Son in Kassel, Germany, and delivered in 1935, numbered in the range from 854 to 859.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Characteristics

With its 72 inches (1,830 millimetres) diameter coupled wheels, the Class 16E was considered the most remarkable Cape gauge express passenger locomotive ever built. It boasted the largest fire grate on any Pacific outside North America. The coupled wheels were the largest ever used on any less than 4 feet 8 ¹⁄₂ inches (1,435 millimetres) standard gauge locomotive, and it had an all-up weight and tractive effort equal to or exceeding that of most Pacifics outside North America.^[1]^[2]^[5]

A.G. Watson

Watson experienced considerable difficulty to keep the axle loads within the permissible limits specified by the Chief Civil Engineer, with the result that the ashpan, cab, side running boards and several other parts were made of thinner material than usual. Even the original number plates were cast in aluminium. Still, the axle load of 20 long tons 19 hundredweight (21,290 kilograms) was the greatest of any engine or vehicle on the SAR at the time.^[2]

The locomotive introduced the Type JT tender, with a coal capacity of 14 long tons (14.2 tonnes), a water capacity of 6,000 imperial gallons (27,300 litres) and an axle load of 17 long tons 15 hundredweight (18,030 kilograms).^[1]^[2]

The main bar frames were machined from rolled steel slabs and each frame was in one piece from the front to the hind buffer beam. The wheels were fitted with hollow crank pins, while the leading bogie was fitted with an oil bath centre pivot. The connecting and coupling rods were fitted with floating bronze bushes and were made of special chrome-nickle alloy steel of fluted section. The centre set of coupled wheels were flangeless and had wider treads than the other two sets, to prevent them from slipping off the rails in sharp curves.^[2]

To obtain increased tractive effort with the large coupled wheels, larger cylinders of 24 inches (610 millimetres) bore by 28 inches (711 millimetres) stroke were used. These, at a boiler pressure of 210 pounds per square inch (1,448 kilopascals), gave the locomotive a tractive effort of 35,280 pounds-force (156.9 kilonewtons) at 75% of boiler pressure. Each cylinder was cast integral with a half smokebox saddle, which made each casting interchangeable.^[2]

The drive shafts which turn the poppet valve camshafts are no different from those found under most rear wheel drive cars and trucks

Given the successful operation of rotary cam poppet valve gear on the Class 19C, it was also used on the Class 16E. The valves were driven by outside rotary propshafts from turning mechanisms mounted on the driving coupled wheels. The valves were double-seated and housed at each end of the cylinders, an arrangement which resulted in short and straight ports between the valves and the cylinder barrels. The admission valves were 8 inches (203 millimetres) in diameter and the exhaust valves 9 inches (229 millimetres). Most of the detail parts of the rotary cam gear, particularly the main drive and reversing gear, were interchangeable with similar parts on the Class 19C. The poppet valve gear gave the engine extremely free-running characteristics.^[1]^[2]^[5]

The Class 16E was delivered with a Watson Standard no. 3A boiler, one of the range of standard boiler types designed by Watson as part of his standardisation policy. The boiler was designed for a maximum working pressure of 225 pounds per square inch (1,551 kilopascals) and the boiler barrel plates and firebox outer shell were of nickel steel. The boiler and the firebox were entirely clothed with Alfol insulation.^[2]^[6]

At 9 feet 3 inches (2,819 millimetres) above rail level, the Class 16E boiler centre-line was the highest-pitched on the SAR at the time. Because of this and the limitations of the loading gauge, the boiler was domeless, with an inspection manhole on top of the boiler barrel where the dome would have been. Steam was collected through numerous small feeder pipes fixed into two collector pipes, which were arranged as high as possible above the water surface. The collector pipes then joined together to form a main steam pipe, 7 inches (180 millimetres) in diameter, which led to the superheater header and multiple valve regulator, situated in the smokebox. The steam pipes from the header to each cylinder were 6 inches (150 millimetres) in diameter.^[1]^[2]

A.G. Watson with his Class 16E, c. 1935

The firebox had a power-operated Ajax fire-door and the grate was of the sectional pin-hole type, fitted with power-operated shaking gear. To assist in keeping within the axle load limits, the ashpan was constructed of relatively thin anti-corrosive steel plates of a special heat-resisting quality. The brick arch was supported by five 3 inches (76 millimetres) diameter arch tubes. The firebox was fitted with SAR standard type flexible stays and, to allow easier access to the stays, the engine was equipped with a Watson cab with its slanted front which, like the Watson Standard boiler, was to become the standard on later SAR steam locomotive classes. The cab was of special light steel and welded throughout.^[2]^[6]

Service

The Class 16E Pacifics were placed in service at Kimberley and regularly worked trains like the Union Express, which was to become the Blue Train after the Second World War, and the Union Limited southward to Beaufort West and northward to Johannesburg. Although they were never stationed at Braamfontein Loco in Johannesburg, they were serviced there in the process of working between Kimberley and Johannesburg.^[7]

They proved to be very successful, efficient and economical in service, when handling loads within their capacity. When the original wooden-bodied coaches of the Union Express were replaced with heavier steel-bodied air-conditioned coaches in 1939, however, the loads were increased to 600 long tons (610 tonnes) or more, and the Class 16E was considered to be inadequate to the task and relocated to Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[7]

From here, they hauled regular passenger trains, including the Orange Express, working north to Johannesburg and south to De Aar as well as across to Kimberley. When air-conditioned lounge cars were added to trains like the Orange Express and Trans-Karoo, they were again considered as not powerful enough for the additional load and were eventually withdrawn from service in 1972.^[3]^[7]

Preservation

Two locomotives survive and were still relatively intact by 2015. No. 858, Betty, was stored in the open at Beaconsfield, Kimberley, while no. 857, Ann Smith • Bloemfontein Queen, was in storage at Bloemfontein, parked under cover at the locomotive depot.^[8]

Commemoration

A 20c postage stamp, depicting a Class 16E locomotive, was one of a set of four commemorative postage stamps which were issued by the South African Post Office on 27 April 1983, to commemorate the steam locomotives of South Africa which were rapidly being withdrawn from service at the time. The artwork and stamp design was by the noted stamp designer and artist Hein Botha. The locomotive depicted was Class 16E no. 858 Betty. The outline of a traditional SAR locomotive number plate was used as a commemorative cancellation for De Aar on the date of issue.^[9]

Illustration

Class 16E locomotives were equipped with smoke deflectors in later years.

No. 854 at Paardeneiland Loco, Cape Town, c. 1935
No. 854 on the Union Limited near Roodepoort, c. 1936
No. 858 leaving Johannesburg on the Blue Train, c. 1969
No. 858 with smoke deflectors at Orange River station, 23 April 1981
No. 857 with smoke deflectors at Thaba Nchu, 4 July 1999
No. 858 with smoke deflectors at Beaconsfield, Kimberley, 3 July 1999

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Holland, D.F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 71–72. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1946). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, August 1946. pp. 631-632.
1 2 3 4 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0869772112.
↑ Henschel-Lieferliste (Henschel & Son works list), compiled by Dietmar Stresow
1 2 Durrant, A E (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, London: David & Charles. p. 96. ISBN 0715386387.
1 2 South African Railways & Harbours/Suid Afrikaanse Spoorweë en Hawens (15 Aug 1941). Locomotive Diagram Book/Lokomotiefdiagramboek, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge/Spoorwydte, Steam Locomotives/Stoomlokomotiewe. SAR/SAS Mechanical Department/Werktuigkundige Dept. Drawing Office/Tekenkantoor, Pretoria. pp. VIII, 6a-7a, 25, 45.
1 2 3 Information supplied by Les Pivnic, retired Assistant Curator, South African Railway Museum
↑ Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. p. 17.
↑ Philatelic Bulletin 176, issued by Philatelic Services and INTERSAPA, 1983

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