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CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 Kitson
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1876· class of 8 South African 2-6-0 (later 2-6-0T) locomotives
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 1st Class 2-6-0 of 1876 by Kitson was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1876 and 1877, the Cape Government Railways placed eight 2-6-0 Mogul type tender locomotives, built by Kitson, in service on the Cape Midland system. They were all eventually rebuilt to saddle-tank locomotives for use as shunting engines.
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 150 years ago, in 1876.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1876–1877
- in service from
- 1876
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- designer
- Kitson and Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0 (Mogul)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16960877, Wikipedia: CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 Kitson (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.