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Cape Town Railway & Dock 2-4-0T
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1864· class of 3 South African 2-4-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR ex CTR&D no. 10 Ebden 2-4-0T: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Town Railway & Dock 2-4-0T of 1864 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. A railway line between Salt River and Wynberg, constructed with private capital, was opened to the public on 19 December 1864. Three 2-4-0T locomotives were acquired as motive power for the line, one by the Wynberg Railway Company and the other two by the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company, who undertook to rent and operate the Wynberg line.
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 162 years ago, in 1864.
- Served for 17 years (1864–1881).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1864
- in service from
- 1864
- retired
- 1881
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- designer
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16955765, Wikipedia: Cape Town Railway & Dock 2-4-0T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.