CGR 0-4-0ST 1881

what is it?

The Cape Government Railways 0-4-0ST of 1881 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. Between 1881 and 1904, thirteen 0-4-0ST locomotives entered shunting service at the Table Bay Harbour in Cape Town. They were virtually identical to three Brunel gauge locomotives which entered service as breakwater construction locomotives in Table Bay Harbour between 1881 and 1893.

who runs it

base stats

• built 13made in total

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 145 years ago, in 1881.
• ⌛Served for 57 years (1881–1938).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1881–1904

in service from

1881

retired

1938

status

retired

number built

13

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇿🇦 South Africa

builders

Black, Hawthorn and Company, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company

designer

Black, Hawthorn & Co.

operators

Cape Government Railways, South African Railways and Harbours Administration

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,067 mm Cape gauge

wheel arrangement

0-4-0

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.