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South African Class 6Z 2-6-4
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1901· steam locomotive
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 6Z (2-6-4): Frank Garrison· Public domain
- 2. Class 6Z 2-6-4 no. 715: A.H. Croxton· Public domain
- 3. SAR Class 6Z (2-6-4): 1930's Railway Circle (members Frank Garrison, Frank Holland, Bill Schutz and others)· Public domain
- 4. Class 6Z 719 (2-6-4) Playing Cards: SAR Museum· Public domain
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 6Z 2-6-4 of 1901 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1901, the Cape Government Railways placed four 6th Class steam locomotives with a 2-6-2 or 1′C1 Prairie type wheel arrangement in service. The engines were soon modified to a 2-6-4 Adriatic type wheel arrangement.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- Served for 33 years (1901–1934).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901
- in service from
- 1901
- retired
- 1934
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Neilson and Company
- designer
- Cape Government Railways, (H.M. Beatty)
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4 (Adriatic)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565571, Wikipedia: South African Class 6Z 2-6-4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.