2-6-0 Steam Locomotives in South Africa

Class Class 01 (Locobase 4905)

Data from D F Holland, Steam Locomotives of the South African Railroads, Volume I: 1859-1910 (New York: Drake Publishers, 1972), p. 29. Works numbers were 1571-1580. Also see [] comes the account of these Mogul tender engines.

Obviously very small engines, these only hinted at the powerful narrow-gaugers to come; later engines with inclined cylinders appear in Locobase 12866. According to Holland, the class proved quite versatile, seeing service "...on all parts of the Western systems from Cape Town right up into the Karoo and, while considered as goods locomotives, were used on all classes of traffic, as well as shunting.

At Union (1910), this class was grouped with several other odds and ends under the Class 01 heading.

Class Class 01 (Locobase 20239)

Data from D F Holland, Steam Locomotives of the South African Railroads, Volume I: 1859-1910 (New York: Drake Publishers, 1972), p. 29. Works numbers were 1844-1849, 2026-2027, and 2039-2040.

Essentially repeats of the 1875 Beyers, this class had inclined cylinders and very slightly longer tubes.

Class Class 01 (Locobase 12866)

Data from D F Holland, Steam Locomotives of the South African Railroads, Volume I: 1859-1910 (New York: Drake Publishers, 1972), p. 29. Works numbers were 1844-1849, 2026-2027, and 2039-2040.

Essentially repeats of the 1875 Beyers, this class had inclined cylinders and very slightly longer tubes.