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CGR Fairlie 0-6-0+0-6-0
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1875· class of 2 South African 0-6-6-0 Fairlie locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR Fairlie no. E34 (0-6-0+0-6-0): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Fairlie 0-6-0+0-6-0: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways Fairlie 0-6-0+0-6-0 of 1876 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1876, the Cape Government Railways placed a single experimental 0-6-0+0-6-0T Double Fairlie side-tank locomotive in service on the Cape Eastern system, working out of East London. It was the first articulated locomotive to enter service in South Africa and also the first locomotive in South Africa to be equipped with Walschaerts valve gear.
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.
- Served for 27 years (1876–1903).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1875–1878
- in service from
- 1876
- retired
- 1903
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company
- designer
- Avonside Engine Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16257191, Wikipedia: CGR Fairlie 0-6-0+0-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.