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CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1901
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1901· class of 6 South African 4-4-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1901: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1901 no. 9: F.W. Neave· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways 3rd Class 4-4-0 of 1901 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1901, the Cape Government Railways placed another six 3rd Class Wynberg Tender locomotives with a 4-4-0 American type wheel arrangement in suburban service in Cape Town. It was a heavier and more powerful version of the 3rd Class locomotive of 1898.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- Served for 29 years (1901–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901
- in service from
- 1901
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- designer
- Cape Government Railways, (H.M. Beatty)
- operators
- Cape Government Railways, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0 (American)
- nicknames
- Wynberg Tender
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16257239, Wikipedia: CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1901 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.