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South African Class 8Y 2-8-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1903· class of 4 South African 2-8-0 locomotives
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 8Y 2-8-0 of 1903 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1903, the Cape Government Railways placed four more Cape 8th Class 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotives in service.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
- Served for 35 years (1903–1938).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903
- in service from
- 1903
- retired
- 1938
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- designer
- Cape Government Railways, (H.M. Beatty)
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0 (Consolidation)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565596, Wikipedia: South African Class 8Y 2-8-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.