Although officially designated by GWR as " light goods and shunting engines ", they were also used for passenger working on branch, suburban, and shorter mainline journeys.
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The first Billinton-designed class was the 0-6-0T E2 class of shunting engine, five of which were introduced between June 1913 and January 1914.
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A single second-hand 0-4-0 tank locomotive was bought by the South African Railways in 1941 and employed as harbour shunting engine in Cape Town.
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As a rule, " shunting engines " ( US " switching engines " ) omitted leading and trailing bogies, both to maximise tractive effort available and to reduce wheelbase.
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After most of the Class narrow gauge locomotives were retired, one of them was allocated to the Swartkops electric locomotive depot in Port Elizabeth, for use as shunting engine.
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They were often small enough to be operated by hand, and were not normally self-propelled, instead requiring the use of a shunting engine to move them into position.
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The nickname " Pug " was used on the NBR . ( The Caledonian Railway, in common with several other companies, used this nickname for all small shunting engines .)
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In 1902, the Harbours Department of the Natal Government placed a single saddle-tank locomotive named " Congella " in service as dock shunting engine in Durban Harbour.
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A large number were also used on the Cape Eastern system, shedded at East London and used as shunting engines, on local pick-ups and also in suburban service.
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During the First World War, they were used as shunting engines at Ealing Common Depot, where power was always available, and so the batteries were removed, and subsequently neglected.
