#1716
South African Class 16 4-6-2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1914· class of 12 South African 4-6-2 locomotives
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 16 800 (4-6-2): 1930's Railway Circle (members Frank Garrison, Dr Eric Manken, Arthur Arnold, Frank Holland, Bill Schutz and others)· Public domain
- 2. Class 16R no. 793: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. Class 16R no. 800 ID: Leith Paxton· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Class 16 790 (4-6-2) Playing Cards: SAR Museum· Public domain
- 5. Class 16 790 (4-6-2) cropped: original image: SAR Museum cropping: User:Pechristener· Public domain
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 16 4-6-2 of 1914 was a steam locomotive. In 1914, the South African Railways placed twelve Class 16 steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific type wheel arrangement in passenger train service.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914
- in service from
- 1914
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- South African Railways, (D.A. Hendrie)
- operators
- South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2 (Pacific)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565482, Wikipedia: South African Class 16 4-6-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.