#0945
CGR 3rd Class 2-6-0T
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Dickson Manufacturing Company· from 1899· class of 4 South African 2-6-0T locomotives
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- 1. CGR 3rd Class 2-6-0T 1900: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 3rd Class 2-6-0T of 1900 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1900, during the Second Boer War, four 2-6-0 tank locomotives which were destined for the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek were intercepted by the Imperial Military Railways and diverted to Indwe Collieries. When the Cape Government Railways took over the operation of the colliery line and the locomotives after the war, they were designated 3rd Class.
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 127 years ago, in 1899.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899
- retired
- 1915
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Dickson Manufacturing Company
- designer
- Dickson Manufacturing Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0T (Mogul)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16960895, Wikipedia: CGR 3rd Class 2-6-0T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.