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Kowie Railway 4-4-0T
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1882· class of 2 South African 4-4-0T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kowie Railway 4-4-0T Grahamstown: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Kowie Railway 4-4-0T on Blaauwkrantz Bridge: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Kowie Railway 4-4-0T of 1882 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1882, two 4-4-0T "American" type tank locomotives entered passenger service on the private Kowie Railway which was under construction between Port Alfred and Grahamstown.
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
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17067836, Wikipedia: Kowie Railway 4-4-0T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.