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South African NG 0-4-0T
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1899· narrow-gauge steam locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South African 0-4-0T 1899: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The South African Railways NG 0-4-0T of 1899 was a narrow-gauge steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal and Natal. In 1899, Rand Mines acquired two narrow-gauge 0-4-0T steam locomotives from Avonside Engine Company and, in 1900, a similar locomotive was delivered to Reynolds Brothers Sugar Estates of Esperanza in Natal. In 1915, when an urgent need arose for additional narrow-gauge locomotives in German South West Africa during the First World War, these three locomotives were purchased second-hand by the South African Railways.
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 127 years ago, in 1899.
- Served for 19 years (1899–1918).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899–1900
- in service from
- 1899
- retired
- 1918
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company
- designer
- Avonside Engine Company
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17111311, Wikipedia: South African NG 0-4-0T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.