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CGR 2-6-0ST 1902
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1901· class of 11 South African 2-6-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Harbour Board TB 2-6-0ST no. 01008: F.W. Neave· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 2-6-0ST of 1902 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. Between 1902 and 1904, eleven 2-6-0 Mogul type saddle-tank locomotives entered shunting service at the Table Bay Harbour in Cape Town. They were taken onto the Cape Government Railways roster in 1909.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- Served for 33 years (1902–1935).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901–1903
- in service from
- 1902
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 11
- 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
- 2-6-0ST (Mogul)
- nicknames
- Pug
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16960885, Wikipedia: CGR 2-6-0ST 1902 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.