#1608
South African Class ME 2-6-6-2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1912· class of 1 South African Mallet locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class ME no. 1618: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The South African Railways Class ME 2-6-6-2 of 1912 was a steam locomotive. In January 1912, the South African Railways placed a single Class ME Mallet articulated steam locomotive with a 2-6-6-2 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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- Served for 25 years (1912–1937).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912
- in service from
- 1912
- retired
- 1937
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- North British Locomotive Company
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-6-2 (Prairie Mallet)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565653, Wikipedia: South African Class ME 2-6-6-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.