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South African Class NG G16A 2-6-2+2-6-2
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Alfred County Railway· from 1989· class of 2 South African 2-6-2+2-6-2 locomotives rebuilt from NG G16 class
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class NG G16A 141 & 155 (2-6-2+2-6-2): User:Anthony Stanton· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SAR Class NG G16A 141 (2-6-2+2-6-2): User:Phil Girdlestone· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. HGG-ACR-NGG16A-141-Schild: H.G.Graser· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SAR Class NG G16A 141 (2-6-2+2-6-2) Gauges: User:Phil Girdlestone· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SAR Class NG G16A 141 (2-6-2+2-6-2) ID: User:Phil Girdlestone· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SAR Class NG G16A 141 (2-6-2+2-6-2) Dragon: User:Phil Girdlestone· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Alfred County Railway Class NG G16A 2-6-2+2-6-2 of 1989 is a steam locomotive from the South African Railways era. Between 1937 and 1968 the South African Railways placed 34 Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt articulated steam locomotives in service. In 1989 and 1990 two of these locomotives were rebuilt to Class NG G16A by the Alfred County Railway.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 37 years ago, in 1989.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1989–1990
- in service from
- 1989
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Alfred County Railway
- designer
- Alfred County Railway, (Phil Girdlestone)
- operators
- Alfred County Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2+2-6-2 (Double Prairie)
- nicknames
- Red Dragon
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565671, Wikipedia: South African Class NG G16A 2-6-2+2-6-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.