Railways 0-4-0ST of 1873 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1873, two Cape gauge 0-4-0ST locomotives...
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1874, was of a smaller design than the earlier two [[CGR 0-4-0ST 1873|0-4-0ST locomotives of 1873]]. The locomotive was a Manning Wardle Class B engine...
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The CGR acquired a single self-contained Railmotor with a 0-4-0T+4 wheel arrangement for low-volume passenger service. The railmotor was a 0-4-0 side-tank...
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and Exeter Railway introduced several 4-4-0ST classes after 1855. William Adams built a series of standard gauge 4-4-0T classes for the North London Railway...
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Cookhouse to Cradock, 54 miles 73 chains (88.4 kilometres). The first of thirteen Cape Government Railways (CGR) 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotives enter dock shunting...
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). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 32–34. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0. C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993...
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types enter service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR): The first ten of eighteen 1st Class 2-6-0 Mogul goods locomotives on the Western system.: 28–29 ...
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and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909. The South African Railways – Historical Survey. Editor...
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and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South...
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includes locomotives from all original operators: Cape Government Railways (CGR) Cape Town Railway and Dock (CTR&D) Central South African Railways (CSAR)...
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Railway coupling (section Changes since 1873)
were equipped with these or similar couplers, beginning with the CGR 0-4-0ST of 1873, a construction locomotive named Little Bess. The Natal Government...
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South African locomotive history (section 1873)
development of steam locomotives can be followed from the basic 0-4-0 to the mighty 4-8-4 wheel arrangements, and articulated steam locomotives from the...
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1909, a 110 km (68 mi) link between the Natal portion of the NGR and the CGR lines in the Cape was built through Griqualand West. The line reached Riverside...
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