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CGR 2nd Class 4-4-0T
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1882· South African steam locomotive
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 2nd Class 4-4-0T of 1882 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1882, the Cape Government Railways placed six tank locomotives with a 4-4-0 American type wheel arrangement in service on its suburban passenger trains out of Cape Town. Five more of these locomotives, colloquially known as Wynberg Tanks and later officially designated 2nd Class, entered service in 1888 and 1891.
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 144 years ago, in 1882.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1882–1891
- in service from
- 1882
- number built
- 11
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Dübs and Company, Neilson and Company
- designer
- Neilson and Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways, Transnet Freight Rail, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- nicknames
- Wynberg Tank
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16827041, Wikipedia: CGR 2nd Class 4-4-0T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.