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South African Class NG6 4-4-0
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Falcon Engine & Car Works Ltd.· from 1895· 1895 narrow-gauge steam locomotive
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Beira Ry BR7 (4-4-0) SAR Class NG6 b: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Beira Ry BR7 (4-4-0) SAR Class NG6 BP: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Beira Ry BR7 (4-4-0) SAR Class NG6 a: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SAR Class NG6 105 (4-4-0): SH Carter· Public domain
- 5. SAR Class NG6 106 (4-4-0) a: SH Carter· Public domain
- 6. SAR Class NG6 97 (4-4-0) ID: User:Hannes Paling· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SAR Class NG6 106 (4-4-0) b: SH Carter· Public domain
what is it?
The South African Railways Class NG6 4-4-0 of 1895 was an ex-Mozambican narrow-gauge steam locomotive from the Beira Railway era. Between 1895 and 1898, Pauling and Company placed 42 Falcon-built types F2 and F4 tender steam locomotives with a 4-4-0 American type wheel arrangement in service on the two-foot narrow-gauge line which was being constructed for the Beira Railway in Mozambique. In 1915, thirteen of these locomotives were acquired by the South African Railways to replace locomotives which had been commandeered by the Union Defence Forces for use in German South West Africa during the First World War.
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 131 years ago, in 1895.
- Served for 40 years (1895–1935).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1895–1898
- in service from
- 1895
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 42
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Falcon Engine & Car Works Ltd.
- designer
- Falcon Engine and Car Works
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0 (American)
- nicknames
- Lawley
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565664, Wikipedia: South African Class NG6 4-4-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.