Lagos Government Railway

Die Lagos Government Railway (LGR) – auch nur Lagos Railway – war eine frühere Eisenbahngesellschaft in der britischen Kronkolonie Lagos, dem späteren Protektorat Südnigeria bzw. dem heutigen Nigeria.

Geschichte

Die LGR begann 1896 mit dem Bau einer Eisenbahnstrecke in der Kapspur von Lagos (Stadt) nach Ibadan, die am 4. März 1901 eröffnet wurde. Später wurde die Strecke über Oshogbo, Ilorin, Kaduna, Zaria und Kano bis nach Nguru verlängert und war somit insgesamt rund 1360 km lang.[1] Ab 1902 betrieb die LGR auch die Dampfstraßenbahn Lagos.[2]

1912 war die Gesellschaft im Besitz von 55 Lokomotiven, 100 Personen- und 786 Güterwagen.[3]

Am 3. Oktober 1912 wurde die LGR mit der seit 1907 von der Regierung vom damaligen Protektorat Nordnigeria betriebenen Baro-Kano Railway (BKR) zu den Nigerian Railways zusammengelegt.[4][5]

Galerie

  • Lokomotive Nr. 41, gebaut 1910 von Hawthorn Leslie

    Lokomotive Nr. 41, gebaut 1910 von Hawthorn Leslie

  • Lokomotive Nr. 252, gebaut 1908 von NBL

    Lokomotive Nr. 252, gebaut 1908 von NBL

  • Gedeckter Güterwagen Nr. 243, gebaut 1907 von R.Y. Pickering

    Gedeckter Güterwagen Nr. 243, gebaut 1907 von R.Y. Pickering

  • Offener Güterwagen Nr. 212, gebaut 1907 von R.Y. Pickering

    Offener Güterwagen Nr. 212, gebaut 1907 von R.Y. Pickering

Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ Nigeria & Sierra Leone. Railway Wonders of the World, abgerufen am 7. Oktober 2022 (englisch).
  2. ↑ Nevil Miller: Lagos steam tramway and its unique locomotives. In: The Railway Magazine. 115. Jahrgang, 1966, ISSN 0033-8923, S. 103–106 (englisch).
  3. ↑ Archiv für Eisenbahnwesen: Beilage zum Eisenbahn-Verordnungsblatt, Band 35. 1912, S. 741.
  4. ↑ Nigerian Railway Corporation. Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), abgerufen am 7. Oktober 2022 (englisch).
  5. ↑ Nigerian Railway Jubilee, 1901-1951: An Illustrated and Descriptive History of the Nigerian Railway. 1951 (englisch, Google Books).

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Lagos Railway Lokomotive No.252 von 1908.jpg
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Lokomotive Nr. 252 der Lagos (Government) Railway, gebaut 1908. 4-8-0 Nassdampf-Zwillingslok für schweren Verkehr, Aussenantrieb und Innensteuerung, UIC: 2’D n2
LGR Gedeckter Gueterwagen 1907.jpg
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gedeckter Güterwagen Nr. 243 der Lagos Government Railway, 1907 gebaut von Robert Young Pickering in Wishaw, Glasgow.
Side Tank Engine for the Lagos Railway, Nigeria (24747626303).jpg
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An image of one of two side tank engines ordered for the Lagos Railway, Nigeria in November 1910 (TWAM ref. DS.RSH/1/1/3).

Engine nos. 2864-2865.
Built for: Crown Agents for South Nigeria.
Date ordered: 11 November 1910.
Gauge of Railway: 3 feet 6 inches.
Principal Dimensions.
Cylinders dia: 14 inches.
Cylinders stroke: 20 inches.
Wheels (Dia. of coupled): 3 feet 4 inches.
Wheel-base - total: 10 feet 6 inches.
Water capacity: 660 gallons.
Fuel capacity: 35 cubic feet = 0.8 tons.
Heating surface – total: 695 square feet.
Grate area: 11.3 square feet.
Working pressure: 160 lbs per square inch.
Total weight in working order: 30.9 tons.
Tractive force taking 90% of the working pressure: 14112 lbs.
Tractive force taking 75% of the working pressure: 11760 lbs.
Approximate shipping space: 2455 cubic feet.
Approximate gross weight packed for shipment: 26.525 tons.
Code Word: JEBBA
This album celebrates the achievements of the Hawthorn Leslie locomotive works at Forth Banks, Newcastle upon Tyne. The works were established by Robert Hawthorn in January 1817 and in 1820 his brother, William Hawthorn joined him as a partner. The firm initially manufactured stationary engines but within a few years diversified into marine engineering and in 1831 produced its first locomotive engine for the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
In 1870 the firm established a separate marine engine works on the River Tyne at St. Peter’s and from 1882 the Forth Banks Works became devoted entirely to the manufacture of locomotives. In 1885 the firm amalgamated with the shipyard of Andrew Leslie at Hebburn, creating the world-famous shipbuilding and engineering company R and W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd.
The Forth Banks Works of Hawthorn Leslie produced engines of all types and sizes for railways around the world. The output of the Forth Banks Works included a large number of tank engines for industrial works and collieries and the firm established a speciality in the construction of crane locomotives.
The images in this set date from the early twentieth century and are a reminder of Newcastle upon Tyne’s proud industrial heritage. They are taken from a series of photograph albums produced by Hawthorn Leslie. The albums were kindly donated to Tyne & Wear Archives by Alan C. Baker and T.D. Allen Civil.

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LGR Offener Gueterwagen 1907.jpg
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offener Güterwagen Nr. 212 der Lagos Government Railway, 1907 gebaut von Robert Young Pickering in Wishaw, Glasgow.