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CGR 1st Class 4-4-0TT
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1881· class of 6 South African 4-4-0TT locomotives
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 1st Class 4-4-0TT of 1881 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1881, the Cape Government Railways placed six more 1st Class tank-and-tender locomotives with a 4-4-0 American type wheel arrangement in service on the Midland System. These engines were built as tender locomotives, without on-board coal bunkers and with permanently attached coal and water tenders.
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 145 years ago, in 1881.
- Served for 32 years (1881–1913).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1881
- in service from
- 1881
- retired
- 1913
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company
- designer
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways, South African Railways and Harbours Administration, Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16257222, Wikipedia: CGR 1st Class 4-4-0TT (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.