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CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 BP
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1876· class of 18 South African 2-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 1st Class 2-6-0 of 1876 by Beyer, Peacock & Company and Avonside Engine Company was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1876 and 1877, the Cape Government Railways placed eighteen 2-6-0 Mogul type locomotives in freight service on the Cape Western system. They were designated 1st Class when a classification system was adopted.
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 150 years ago, in 1876.
- Served for 40 years (1876–1916).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1876–1877
- in service from
- 1876
- retired
- 1916
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company, Beyer, Peacock and Company
- designer
- Beyer, Peacock & Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0 (Mogul)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16257197, Wikipedia: CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 BP (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.