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CGR 2nd Class 2-6-2TT
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1875· type of steam locomotive
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 2nd Class 2-6-2TT of 1875 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. The first mixed traffic locomotives to enter service on the new 3 feet 6 inches Cape gauge mainlines of the Cape Government Railways were 2-6-2 Prairie type side-tank engines which were delivered between 1875 and 1879. Four-wheeled tenders were also acquired and the locomotives could be operated in either a tank or tank-and-tender engine configuration, as circumstances demanded.
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 151 years ago, in 1875.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1875–1879
- in service from
- 1875
- number built
- 29
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company, Kitson and Company, Robert Stephenson and Company
- designer
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16960891, Wikipedia: CGR 2nd Class 2-6-2TT (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.