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CGR 0-4-0ST 1874
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Manning, Wardle and Company· from 1874· class of 1 South African 0-4-0T locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR 0-4-0ST 1874 no. M14: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 0-4-0ST of 1874 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1874, a single Cape gauge 0-4-0ST locomotive was placed in service by the contractors to the Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage Railway Company for the construction of railway lines into the interior. When construction work was completed, the locomotive was taken onto the roster of the Midland System of the Cape Government Railways.
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 152 years ago, in 1874.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1874
- in service from
- 1874
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Manning, Wardle and Company
- designer
- Manning Wardle & Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16960851, Wikipedia: CGR 0-4-0ST 1874 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.