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Nigerian Railways River class
🇳🇬 Nigeria ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1947· class of West African 2-8-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nigerian River Class loco: 8474tim ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Nigerian Railway River class locomotive had a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.
who runs it
fun facts
- First built 79 years ago, in 1947.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1947
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- Nigerian Railway Corporation
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7033008, Wikipedia: Nigerian Railways River class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.