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South African Class NG9 4-6-0
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1915· class of 6 South African narrow-gauge locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class NG9 (4-6-0): FW Neave· Public domain
- 2. Class NG9 4-6-0 Angola: User:Peter Bagshawe· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class NG9 4-6-0 of 1915 was a narrow-gauge steam locomotive. During 1915 and 1916, the South African Railways placed six 4-6-0 steam locomotives in service on the Langkloof narrow-gauge railway. When a system of grouping narrow-gauge locomotives into classes was eventually introduced somewhere between 1928 and 1930, they were classified as Class NG9.
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 111 years ago, in 1915.
- Served for 36 years (1915–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1915
- in service from
- 1915
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- designer
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, Moçâmedes Railway, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565666, Wikipedia: South African Class NG9 4-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.