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CGR 0-4-0ST 1881 Coffee Pot
Cape Colony ·built by Ruston, Proctor and Company· from 1881· class of 2 South African 0-4-0ST locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR Norvalspont Coffee Pot 0-4-0ST: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 0-4-0ST 1881 Coffee Pot was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1881, two Cape gauge saddle-tank locomotives with a 0-4-0 wheel arrangement were placed in service by Teague and Company, who operated Teague's Tramway at the Kimberley diamond mine. In March 1885, one of them was purchased by the Cape Government Railways for use as a construction locomotive, while the other was sold to the Kimberley Diamond Mine.
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 145 years ago, in 1881.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1881
- in service from
- 1881
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Cape Colony
- builders
- Ruston, Proctor and Company
- designer
- Ruston, Proctor & Co.
- operators
- Cape Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0ST (Four-coupled)
- nicknames
- Coffee Pot
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16960859, Wikipedia: CGR 0-4-0ST 1881 Coffee Pot (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.