Witbank, Tiny Tots Nursery School, Avonside 1858/1920

NOTE: This page should be read collectively together with the other Sugar Cane tramway pages on this blog as general information is scattered across the different pages:

1. Darnall, Sugar Mill, Avonside 1740/1916 "MR BUSS"
2. Durban, Sugar Terminal - Maydon Warf: Avonside 1422/1900
3. Gledhow, Sugar Mill, Hunslet 2647/1942
4. Mtubatuba, Umfolozi Village, ?Hunslet 1032/1914 relic
5. Umzinto, Indian Koran School, Hunslet 3385/1946
6. Witbank, Tiny Tots Nursery School, Avonside 1858/1...
7. SEZELA Sugar Mill: Sezela No 1 - Avonside 1719/1915
8. RENISHAW Sugar Estate: Renishaw No 2 - Avonside 1986/1926
9. The Kearsney-Stanger Light Railway (1901-c.1944)

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Avonside works no 1858 built in 1920.

0-4-0T for use on 2 ft gauge.

8.5"x 12" design

History:

1. Originally delivered to J.L. Hulett & Sons Ltd for use on the Tinley Manor Sugar Estate.
2. Later used on the Gledhow-Chakaskraal Suger Estate.
3. Then preserved at a School in Stanger.
4. Along with 3 other sugar loco's (Sezela no 3, an O&K and a Barclay), this Avonside was taken was taken to Dunn's in Witbank. Subsequently this locomotive was painted in bright colours and donated to the Tiny Tots Nursery School in Alexander St, Witbank.
   

25 April 2005 photo by kind courtesy of Hannes Paling.



25 April 2005 photo by kind courtesy of Hannes Paling.

NOTE: Go to this blog entry for more background information on the history of the Avonside Engine Company.

Sources:

1. Industrial Locomotives of South Africa 1991 Middleton & Williams
2. Sandstone: Gary Barnes's spreadsheet of Cane Locomotives