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CGR 1st Class 2-6-0ST
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1876· South African steam locomotive
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 1st Class 2-6-0ST of 1876 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1876, the Cape Government Railways placed a pair of Stephenson's Patent back-to-back 2-6-0 Mogul type side-tank locomotives, built by Kitson, in service on the Cape Midland system. They were later separated and 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.
- Served for 70 years (1876–1946).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1876
- in service from
- 1876
- retired
- 1946
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- designer
- Kitson and Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0ST (Mogul)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16257200, Wikipedia: CGR 1st Class 2-6-0ST (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.