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CGR 0-4-0ST 1878 Aid
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Fox, Walker and Company· from 1877· class of 1 South African 0-4-0ST locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR Port Alfred Aid 0-4-0ST: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 0-4-0ST Aid of 1878 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In June 1874, while construction work by the Kowie Harbour Improvement Company was underway at Port Alfred, the Cape Government Railways shipped their 0-4-0T locomotive no. 9 Blackie from Cape Town to Port Alfred for use as construction locomotive.
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 149 years ago, in 1877.
- Served for 32 years (1878–1910).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1877
- in service from
- 1878
- retired
- 1910
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Fox, Walker and Company
- designer
- Fox, Walker and Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16960855, Wikipedia: CGR 0-4-0ST 1878 Aid (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.