#2048
South African Class GC 2-6-2+2-6-2
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1924· 1924 articulated steam locomotive
what is it?
The South African Railways Class GC 2-6-2+2-6-2 of 1924 was an articulated steam locomotive. In 1924 and 1925, the South African Railways placed six Class GC Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type wheel arrangement in branch line service.
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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- Served for 38 years (1924–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1924
- in service from
- 1924
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- 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 Q7565627, Wikipedia: South African Class GC 2-6-2+2-6-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.