#1930
South African Class NG5 2-8-2
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1921· steam locomotive
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- 1. SAR Class NG5 (2-8-2): SH Carter· Public domain
what is it?
The South African Railways Class NG5 2-8-2 of 1922 was a class of narrow-gauge steam locomotives. In 1922, the South African Railways placed six narrow-gauge steam locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado type wheel arrangement in service on the Otavi Railway in South West Africa. When a system of grouping narrow-gauge locomotives into classes was eventually introduced somewhere between 1928 and 1930, they were designated Class NG5.
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 105 years ago, in 1921.
- Served for 38 years (1922–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1921
- in service from
- 1922
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- designer
- Henschel & Son
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 600 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2204984, Wikipedia: South African Class NG5 2-8-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.