#1077
South African Class NG7 2-6-0
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1901· class of 4 South African narrow-gauge 2-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR Baldwin 2-6-0 no. 2, SAR Class NG7 no. NG23: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The South African Railways Class NG7 2-6-0 of 1902 was a narrow gauge steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1902, the Cape Government Railways placed three steam locomotives with a 2-6-0 Mogul type wheel arrangement in service on the Hopefield narrow gauge branch line which was being constructed from Kalbaskraal. A fourth locomotive was ordered in 1911.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- Served for 24 years (1902–1926).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901–1911
- in service from
- 1902
- retired
- 1926
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- designer
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Cape Government Railways, Transnet Freight Rail, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1023585, Wikipedia: South African Class NG7 2-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.