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South African Clayton Railmotor
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Clayton Equipment Company· from 1928· 1929 design of steam railmotor
what is it?
The South African Railways Clayton Railmotor of 1929 was a steam railmotor. In 1929, the South African Railways acquired a single self-contained steam railmotor for low-volume passenger service. The vehicle was a vertical boilered steam locomotive with a passenger coach as an integral part of the locomotive itself.
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928
- in service from
- 1929
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Clayton Equipment Company
- designer
- Clayton Carriage and Wagon
- operators
- South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0+4 (Four-coupled)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17103442, Wikipedia: South African Clayton Railmotor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.