#1083
CGR 0-6-0ST
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1902· class of 2 South African 0-6-0ST locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Harbour Board EL 0-6-0ST no. 01028 a: F.W. Neave· Public domain
- 2. Harbour Board EL 0-6-0ST no. 01028 b: S.H. Carter· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 0-6-0ST of 1902 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1902, two 0-6-0ST locomotives entered shunting service at the East London Harbour. They were taken onto the Cape Government Railways roster in 1909 and both were still in service when the South African Railways was established in 1912.
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 124 years ago, in 1902.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1902
- in service from
- 1902
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- designer
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16960863, Wikipedia: CGR 0-6-0ST (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.