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CGR Railmotor
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Metro-Cammell· from 1905· class of 1 South Afrcian steam railcar
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways Railmotor of 1906 was a one-off South African steam railmotor locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1906, the Cape Government Railways acquired a single self-contained Railmotor for low-volume passenger service. The railmotor was a 0-4-0 side-tank locomotive with a passenger coach on a single bogie as an integral part of the locomotive itself.
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 121 years ago, in 1905.
- Served for 12 years (1906–1918).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1918
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Metro-Cammell, North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- North British Locomotive Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways, Transnet Freight Rail, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0+4 (Four-coupled)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16960928, Wikipedia: CGR Railmotor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.