African Railways (SAR) in 1910. The first railways at the Cape were privately owned. The Cape Town Railway and Dock Company started construction from Cape Town...
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In Africa it became known as the Cape gauge as it was adopted as the standard gauge for the Cape Government Railways in 1873, although it had already...
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South African Class NG8 4-6-0 (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1904)
African Railways Class NG8 4-6-0 of 1904 was a narrow-gauge steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1904, the Cape Government Railways...
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the other colonies' railway companies (Cape Government Railways and Central South African Railways) to form the South African Railways and Harbours (SAR...
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4-6-2 (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1901)
of the Cape Western System of the Cape Government Railways that they were designed to work in. The Pacific type was used on mainline railways around the...
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of the railway. This locomotive, later to become engine no. 9 of the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company and then of the Cape Government Railways, was the...
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the three Colonial government railways (Cape Government Railways, Natal Government Railways and Central South African Railways) were united under a...
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John Molteno and driven by Cape Government Railways, saw the Main Western Line to Kimberley pass this formation. A small railway siding was built here in...
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CGR Type A 2-6-4T (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1902)
The Cape Government Railways Type A 2-6-4T of 1902 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1902, the Cape...
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the three Colonial government railways (Cape Government Railways, Natal Government Railways and Central South African Railways) were united under a...
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