#1929
South African Class GB 2-6-2+2-6-2
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1921· articulated steam locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 47 GB 2-6-2+2-6-2 no 2166 at Voorbaai 1997-SEP-04: Ian Roberts· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 48 GB 2-6-2+2-6-2 no 2166 at Voorbaai 1997-SEP-04: Ian Roberts· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class GB 2-6-2+2-6-2 of 1921 was an articulated steam locomotive. In June 1921, the South African Railways placed a single experimental Class GB Garratt articulated steam locomotive with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type wheel arrangement in service. Six more of these locomotives entered service in 1924.
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 105 years ago, in 1921.
- Served for 46 years (1921–1967).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1921–1924
- in service from
- 1921
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- designer
- Beyer, Peacock & Company
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2+2-6-2 (Double Prairie)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565625, Wikipedia: South African Class GB 2-6-2+2-6-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.