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CGR 1st Class 0-4-0ST 1876
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1875· class of 3 South African 0-4-0ST locomotives
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what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 1st Class 0-4-0ST of 1876 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1876 and 1877, three Cape gauge 0-4-0ST locomotives were placed in service on the Eastern System of the Cape Government Railways. They were designated 1st Class when a classification system was adopted.
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 151 years ago, in 1875.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1875–1876
- in service from
- 1876
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- designer
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways, Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16960873, Wikipedia: CGR 1st Class 0-4-0ST 1876 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.