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CGR NG 4-6-2T
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by W. G. Bagnall Ltd.· from 1908· South African narrow-gauge steam locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CGR 4-6-2T 1908: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Government Railways NG 4-6-2T of 1908 was a South African narrow-gauge steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1908, the Cape Government Railways placed two 4-6-2T Pacific type narrow-gauge steam locomotives in passenger service on the Walmer branch in Port Elizabeth. In 1912, both locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways and renumbered.
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 118 years ago, in 1908.
- Served for 21 years (1908–1929).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1908
- in service from
- 1908
- retired
- 1929
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- W. G. Bagnall Ltd.
- designer
- W.G. Bagnall
- operators
- Cape Government Railways, Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16960923, Wikipedia: CGR NG 4-6-2T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.