#1663
South African Class 7F 4-8-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1913· class of 3 South African 4-8-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Type ZC tender ex Class 7F no. 1359: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 7F 4-8-0 of 1913 was a steam locomotive. In 1913, the New Cape Central Railway placed three Cape 7th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives in 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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- Served for 45 years (1913–1958).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1958
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- Cape Government Railways, (H.M. Beatty)
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, New Cape Central Railway, 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 Q7565587, Wikipedia: South African Class 7F 4-8-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.