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CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1879
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1879· class of 10 South African 2-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 1st Class 2-6-0 of 1879 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1879 and 1880, the Cape Government Railways placed ten 2-6-0 Mogul type locomotives, built by Beyer, Peacock & Company, in freight service on the Cape Western system. They were designated 1st Class when a classification system was adopted.
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 147 years ago, in 1879.
- Served for 31 years (1879–1910).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1879–1880
- in service from
- 1879
- retired
- 1910
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- designer
- Beyer, Peacock & Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways, Transnet Freight Rail, Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0 (Mogul)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16257204, Wikipedia: CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1879 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.