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South African Class 7C 4-8-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1901· class of 10 South African 4-8-0 locomotives
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 7C 4-8-0 of 1902 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1902, the Cape Government Railways placed its last ten 7th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives in service on the Cape Eastern System.
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 70 years (1902–1972).
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
- 1902
- retired
- 1972
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company
- designer
- Cape Government Railways, (H.M. Beatty)
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, Cape Government Railways, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-0 (Mastodon)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565576, Wikipedia: South African Class 7C 4-8-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.