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CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1884
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1883· class of 2 South African 4-4-0 locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1884 Joy a: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1884 Joy b: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1884 Joy c: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 3rd Class 4-4-0 of 1884 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1884, the Cape Government Railways placed two experimental 3rd Class tender locomotives with a 4-4-0 American type wheel arrangement in service. They were designed at the Salt River shops in Cape Town to be able to use the low-grade local coal with its high content of incombustible matter.
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 143 years ago, in 1883.
- Served for 16 years (1884–1900).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1883
- in service from
- 1884
- retired
- 1900
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company
- designer
- Cape Government Railways, (J.D. Tilney)
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0 (American)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16257228, Wikipedia: CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1884 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.