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Kowie Railway 0-6-0T
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1882· class of 2 South African 0-6-0T (later 4-4-0T) locomotives
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- 1. Kowie Railway 0-6-0T Port Alfred: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Kowie Railway 0-6-0T of 1882 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1882, two 0-6-0T locomotives entered service on the private Kowie Railway which was being constructed between Port Alfred and Grahamstown. Both locomotives were rebuilt to a 4-4-0T wheel arrangement in 1884.
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 144 years ago, in 1882.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1882
- in service from
- 1882
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- designer
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- ♠ 0-6-0
- length
- 7.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17067831, Wikipedia: Kowie Railway 0-6-0T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.