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Cape Town Railway & Dock 0-4-2
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn· from 1859· South African steam locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR ex CTR&D no. 4 Wellington 0-4-2: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Town Railway & Dock 0-4-2 of 1860 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1860, the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company took delivery of eight 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) broad gauge tender locomotives with a 0-4-2 wheel arrangement, the first tender locomotives to work in South Africa. They were acquired for service on the Cape Town-Wellington railway, which was still under construction.
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 167 years ago, in 1859.
- Served for 21 years (1860–1881).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1859
- in service from
- 1860
- retired
- 1881
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- R. & W. Hawthorn
- designer
- R and W Hawthorn
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2
- length
- 6.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16955761, Wikipedia: Cape Town Railway & Dock 0-4-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.