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CGR Type A 2-6-4T
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Manning, Wardle and Company· from 1902· class of 2 South African 2–6–4T locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR Type A 2-6-4T no. 31 1902: F.W. Neave· Public domain
- 2. CGR Type A 2-6-4T works: Manning Wardle· Public domain
- 3. CGR Type A 2-6-4T: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways Type A 2-6-4T of 1902 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1902, the Cape Government Railways placed two Type A 2-6-4T narrow gauge steam locomotives in construction service on the Avontuur branch. In 1912, these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways and renumbered.
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 124 years ago, in 1902.
- Served for 27 years (1902–1929).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1902
- in service from
- 1902
- retired
- 1929
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Manning, Wardle and Company
- designer
- Manning Wardle & Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways, Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1023581, Wikipedia: CGR Type A 2-6-4T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.