#2047
South African Class FC 2-6-2+2-6-2
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1924· class of 1 South African modified Fairlie locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class FC no. 2310 b: North British Locomotive works picture· Public domain
what is it?
The South African Railways Class FC 2-6-2+2-6-2 of 1925 was an articulated steam locomotive. In 1925, the South African Railways placed a single experimental Class FC Modified Fairlie articulated steam locomotive with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type wheel arrangement 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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- Served for 14 years (1925–1939).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1924
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- North British Locomotive Company
- operators
- South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2+2-6-2 (Double Prairie)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565621, Wikipedia: South African Class FC 2-6-2+2-6-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.