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CGR 2-6-0ST 1900
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1900· class of 3 South African 2-6-0ST locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR 2-6-0ST of 1900: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. CGR 2-6-0ST 1900 cropped: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. CGR 2-6-0ST 1900: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 2-6-0ST of 1900 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1900, two 2-6-0 Mogul type saddle-tank locomotives entered service on the Port Elizabeth Harbour works, followed by one more in 1904. They were later taken onto the Cape Government Railways roster and were all still in service when the South African Railways was established in 1912.
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 126 years ago, in 1900.
- Served for 31 years (1900–1931).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1900–1903
- in service from
- 1900
- retired
- 1931
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- 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
- 2-6-0ST (Mogul)
- length
- 7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16960881, Wikipedia: CGR 2-6-0ST 1900 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.