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Table Bay Harbour 0-4-0ST

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1881· class of 3 South African 0-4-0ST locomotives

🚂 steam locomotive steam retired

what is it?

The Table Bay Harbour 0-4-0ST of 1881 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. Between 1881 and 1893, three 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotives entered construction service at the Table Bay Harbour in Cape Town. They were built to Brunel gauge for breakwater construction and were virtually identical to thirteen Cape gauge locomotives which entered service as dock shunters in Table Bay Harbour between 1881 and 1904.

who runs it

Table Bay Harbour Board

base stats

built 3made in total

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 145 years ago, in 1881.
Served for 23 years (1881–1904).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built: 1881–1893
in service from: 1881
retired: 1904
status: retired
number built: 3
kind: Steam
traction: steam
origin: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders: R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Black, Hawthorn and Company
designer: Black, Hawthorn & Co.
operators: Table Bay Harbour Board
top speed: —
power: —
wheel arrangement: 0-4-0ST (Four-coupled)

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q17055455, Wikipedia: Table Bay Harbour 0-4-0ST (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.