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South African Class NG8 4-6-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kerr, Stuart and Company· from 1904· class of 9 South African narrow-gauge 4-6-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR Type B: unknown (Bagnall works photograph)· Public domain
- 2. CGR Type B, SAR Class NG8: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The South African Railways Class NG8 4-6-0 of 1904 was a narrow-gauge steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1904, the Cape Government Railways placed six Type B 4-6-0 steam locomotives in service on the Avontuur 2 feet (610 millimetres) narrow-gauge line in the Langkloof. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered with an "NG" prefix to their new numbers.
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 122 years ago, in 1904.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 27 years (1904–1931).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1904–1914
- in service from
- 1904
- retired
- 1931
- status
- retired
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kerr, Stuart and Company, W. G. Bagnall Ltd.
- designer
- W.G. Bagnall
- operators
- Cape Government Railways, Transnet Freight Rail, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- weight
- 20.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1023583, Wikipedia: South African Class NG8 4-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.