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CGR NG 0-4-0T
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Krauss & Company· from 1891· South African steam locomotive
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- 1. CGR NG 0-4-0T b: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. CGR NG 0-4-0T a: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways NG 0-4-0T was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. The Cape Government Railways acquired a single small 0-4-0T side-tank locomotive for use as construction engine on the Avontuur branch, probably at the same time that it acquired its single 0-6-0T narrow-gauge steam locomotive No. NG21 in 1903.
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 135 years ago, in 1891.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1891
- in service from
- 1903
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Krauss & Company
- designer
- Krauss & Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23020378, Wikipedia: CGR NG 0-4-0T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.