#0481
CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1882
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1882· class of 68 South African 4-6-0TT locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1882 no. M65, 265, 465: F.W. Neave· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 4th Class 4-6-0TT of 1882 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1882 and 1883, the Cape Government Railways placed sixty-eight 4th Class 4-6-0 tank-and-tender locomotives in mainline service on all three its Systems. It was an improved version of the 4th Class locomotives of 1880 and 1881 and was delivered in two versions, built by two manufacturers.
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 144 years ago, in 1882.
- Served for 50 years (1882–1932).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1882–1883
- in service from
- 1882
- retired
- 1932
- status
- retired
- number built
- 68
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company, Neilson and Company
- designer
- Cape Government Railways, (Michael Stephens)
- operators
- Cape Government Railways, Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0TT (Ten-wheeler)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16827045, Wikipedia: CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1882 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.