List of South African locomotive classes

This list shows past and current rail transport locomotive classes used in South Africa. It includes locomotives from all original operators:

Cape Government Railways (CGR)
Cape Town Railway and Dock (CTR&D)
Central South African Railways (CSAR)
Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika (DSWA)
Imperial Military Railways (IMR)
Kowie Railway
Metropolitan & Suburban Railway (M&S)
Namaqualand Railway (CCC & NCC)
Natal Government Railways (NGR)
Natal Railway Company (NRC)
Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM)
New Cape Central Railway (NCCR)
Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen (OVGS)
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)
Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway (PPR)
South African Railways (SAR)
Spoornet
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR)
Zululand Railway Company

Steam locomotives

Class or Configuration	Whyte notation	Gauge	First Run
CTR&D 0-4-2 Blackie	0-4-2T ex 0-4-0T	4 ft 8½ in, 1435 mm Standard	1859
CTR&D 0-4-2	0-4-2	4 ft 8½ in, 1435 mm Standard	1860
CTR&D 2-4-0	2-4-0T	4 ft 8½ in, 1435 mm Standard	1864
CGR 0-4-0 1873	0-4-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1873
CGR 0-4-0 1874	0-4-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1874
CGR 0-4-0 Aid	0-4-0ST	4 ft 8½ in, 1435 mm Standard	1878
CGR 0-4-0ST 1881	0-4-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1881
CGR 0-4-0 Coffee Pot	0-4-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1881
CGR 0-6-0 1902	0-6-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1902
CGR 0-6-0 1876	0-6-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1876
CGR 2-6-0 1900	2-6-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1900
CGR 2-6-0 1902	2-6-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1902
CGR 1st 0-4-0 1875	0-4-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1875
CGR 1st 0-4-0 1876	0-4-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1876
CGR 1st 2-6-0 1876 BP	2-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1876
CGR 1st 2-6-0 1876 K	2-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1876
CGR 1st 2-6-0 1879	2-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1879
CGR 1st 2-6-0 1891	2-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1891
CGR 1st 2-6-0 1876	2-6-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1876
CGR 1st 4-4-0 1879	4-4-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1879
CGR 1st 4-4-0 1875	4-4-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1875
CGR 1st 4-4-0 1881	4-4-0TT	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1881
CGR 2nd 2-6-2 1875	2-6-2TT	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1875
CGR 2nd 4-4-0 1882	4-4-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1882
CGR 3rd 2-6-0 1900	2-6-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1900
CGR 3rd 4-4-0 1883	4-4-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1883
CGR 3rd 4-4-0 1884	4-4-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1884
CGR 3rd 4-4-0 1889	4-4-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1889
CGR 3rd 4-4-0 1898	4-4-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1898
CGR 3rd 4-4-0 1901	4-4-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1901
CGR 3rd 4-4-0 1903	4-4-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
CGR 4th 4-4-2 1897	4-4-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1897
CGR 4th 4-6-0 1880	4-6-0TT	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1880
CGR 4th 4-6-0 1882	4-6-0TT	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1882
CGR 4th 4-6-0 1882 Joy	4-6-0TT	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1882
CGR 4th 4-6-0 1884	4-6-0TT	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1884
CGR 5th 4-6-0 1890	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1890
CGR 5th 4-6-0 1891	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1891
CGR Fairlie	0-6-0+0-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1876
CGR Kitson-Meyer	0-6-0+0-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
CGR Railmotor	0-4-0+4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1906
CGR NG 0-4-0	0-4-0T	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1903
CGR NG 0-6-0	0-6-0T	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1903
CGR NG 4-6-2	4-6-2T	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1908
CGR NG Type A 2-6-4	2-6-4T	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1902
CGR NG Type C 0-4-0	0-4-0T	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1902
CSAR Class C 2-8-4	2-8-4T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1900
CSAR Class E 4-10-2	4-10-2T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1901
CSAR Rack 4-6-4	4-6-4RT	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1905
CSAR Railmotor	0-4-0+4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1907
Durban Harbour Congella	0-4-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1902
Durban Harbour Edward Innes	0-6-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1901
Durban Harbour John Milne	0-6-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1879
Durban Harbour Sir Albert	0-6-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
East London Harbour 0-4-0VB	0-4-0VB	7 ft ¼ in, 2140 mm Brunel	1873
Kowie 0-6-0	0-6-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1882
Kowie 4-4-0	4-4-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1882
M&S 4-6-2	4-6-2T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1896
Namaqualand Condenser	0-4-0WT	2 ft 6 in, 762 mm Namaqualand	1886
Namaqualand Caledonia	0-4-2IST	2 ft 6 in, 762 mm Namaqualand	1904
Namaqualand Pioneer	0-4-2ST	2 ft 6 in, 762 mm Namaqualand	1901
Namaqualand Britannia	0-4-2T	2 ft 6 in, 762 mm Namaqualand	1905
Namaqualand 0-6-0	0-6-0T	2 ft 6 in, 762 mm Namaqualand	1871
Namaqualand Clara	0-6-2	2 ft 6 in, 762 mm Namaqualand	1890
Namaqualand Scotia	0-6-2	2 ft 6 in, 762 mm Namaqualand	1900
NRC Durban	0-4-0ST	4 ft 8½ in, 1435 mm Standard	1865
NRC Natal	0-4-0WT	4 ft 8½ in, 1435 mm Standard	1860
NRC Perseverance	4-4-0T	4 ft 8½ in, 1435 mm Standard	1876
NGR Durban & Pietermaritzburg	2-6-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1877
NGR Havelock	4-6-2TT ex 2-8-2TT	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1888
NGR I 2-6-0	2-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1902
NGR I 2-6-2T	2-6-2T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1901
NGR K 0-4-0	0-4-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1891
NGR K 0-6-0	0-6-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1880
NGR K 2-6-0	2-6-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1877
NGR NG N 4-6-2	4-6-2T	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1906
NZASM 10 Tonner	0-4-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1889
NZASM 13 Tonner	0-4-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1889
NZASM 14 Tonner	0-4-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1889
NZASM 18 Tonner	0-6-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1890
NZASM 19 Tonner	0-4-2T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1891
NZASM 32 Tonner	0-4-2RT	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1894
NZASM 40 Tonner	0-6-2T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1892
Port Elizabeth Harbour 0-4-0ST	0-4-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1894
PPR 26 Tonner	0-6-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1896
PPR 35 Tonner Portuguese	4-6-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1887
DSWA 0-6-0	0-6-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1911
DSWA 0-10-0	0-10-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1911
DSWA 2-8-0 Tender	2-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1911
DSWA 2-8-0 Tank	2-8-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1907
DSWA NG Class Ha	0-6-2T	1 ft 11⅝ in, 600 mm Otavi	1904
DSWA NG Class Hb	0-6-2T	1 ft 11⅝ in, 600 mm Otavi	1905
DSWA NG Class Hc	0-6-0T	1 ft 11⅝ in, 600 mm Otavi	1907
DSWA NG Class Hd	2-8-2	1 ft 11⅝ in, 600 mm Otavi	1912
DSWA NG Jung	0-6-2T	1 ft 11⅝ in, 600 mm Otavi	1904
DSWA NG Zwillinge	0-6-0T	1 ft 11⅝ in, 600 mm Otavi	1898
Table Bay Harbour 0-4-0ST	0-4-0ST	7 ft ¼ in, 2140 mm Brunel	1881
Table Bay Harbour 0-4-0T	0-4-0T	7 ft ¼ in, 2140 mm Brunel	1874
Table Bay Harbour 0-4-0WT	0-4-0WT	7 ft ¼ in, 2140 mm Brunel	1879
Walvis Bay 2-4-2	2-4-2T	2 ft 6 in, 762 mm Namaqualand	1899
SAR Clayton Railmotor	0-4-0+4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1929
SAR Harbour 0-4-0ST	0-4-0ST	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
SAR Harbour 0-4-0T	0-4-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1909
SAR Class A	4-8-2T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1888
SAR Class B	0-6-4T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1893
SAR Class C	4-6-0T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1879
SAR Class C1	4-6-2T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1901
SAR Class C2	4-6-4T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1896
SAR Class D	2-6-4T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1898
SAR Class E	4-6-4T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1902
SAR Class F	4-6-4T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
SAR Class G	4-8-2T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
SAR Class H	4-10-2T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1899
SAR Class H1	4-8-2T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
SAR Class H2	4-8-2T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1909
SAR Class J	4-6-4T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1915
SAR Class K	4-6-4T	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1917
SAR Class 1	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
SAR Class 1A	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1910
SAR Class 1B & 1	4-8-2 ex 4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1906
SAR Class 2	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1905
SAR Class 2C	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1910
SAR Class 3 & 3R	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1909
SAR Class 3A	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1910
SAR Class 3B & 3BR	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1912
SAR Class 4	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1911
SAR Class 4A & 4AR	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1913
SAR Class 5 & 5R	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1912
SAR Class 5A	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
SAR Class 5B & 5BR	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
SAR Class 6	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1893
SAR Class 6A	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1896
SAR Class 6B	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1897
SAR Class 6C	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1896
SAR Class 6D	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1898
SAR Class 6E	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1898
SAR Class 6F	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1900
SAR Class 6G	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1901
SAR Class 6H	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1901
SAR Class 6J	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1902
SAR Class 6K	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1901
SAR Class 6L	4-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
SAR Class 6Y	2-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
SAR Class 6Z	2-6-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1901
SAR Class 7	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1892
SAR Class 7A & 7AS	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1896
SAR Class 7B	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1900
SAR Class 7C & 7CS	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1902
SAR Class 7D	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1899
SAR Class 7E	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1899
SAR Class 7F	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1913
SAR Class 8 & 8W	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1902
SAR Class 8A & 8AW	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1902
SAR Class 8B & 8BW	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
SAR Class 8C & 8CW	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
SAR Class 8D & 8DW	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
SAR Class 8E	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
SAR Class 8F & 8FW	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
SAR Class 8R	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1930
SAR Class 8X	2-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1901
SAR Class 8Y	2-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
SAR Class 8Z	2-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
SAR Class 9	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
SAR Class 10	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
SAR Class 10A & 10BR	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1910
SAR Class 10B & 10BR	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1910
SAR Class 10C & 10CR	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1910
SAR Class 10D	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1910
SAR Class 11	2-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
SAR Class 12 & 12R	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1912
SAR Class 12A & 12AR	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1919
SAR Class 12B & 12R	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1920
SAR Class 13	4-8-0TT	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
SAR Class 14 & 14R	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1913
SAR Class 14A & 14R	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1914
SAR Class 14B, 14 & 14R	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1915
SAR Class 14C, CB, 14CR, CRB 1st	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1918
SAR Class 14C, CB, 14CR, CRB 2nd	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1919
SAR Class 14C, CB, 14CR, CRB 3rd	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1919
SAR Class 14C, CM, 14CR, CRM 4th	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1922
SAR Class 15 & 15AR	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1914
SAR Class 15A & 15AR	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1914
SAR Class 15B & 15BR	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1918
SAR Class 15C & 15CB	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1925
SAR Class 15CA	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1926
SAR Class 15E	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1935
SAR Class 15F	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1938
SAR Class 16 & 16R	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1914
SAR Class 16A	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1915
SAR Class 16B & 16CR	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1917
SAR Class 16C & 16CR	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1919
SAR Class 16D	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1925
SAR Class 16DA 1928	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1928
SAR Class 16DA 1930	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1930
SAR Class 16E	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1935
SAR Class 17	4-8-0TT	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1926
SAR Class 18	2-10-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1927
SAR Class 19 & 19R	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1928
SAR Class 19A & 19AR	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1929
SAR Class 19B & 19BR	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1930
SAR Class 19C	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1935
SAR Class 19D	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1937
SAR Class 20	2-10-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1935
SAR Class 21	2-10-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1937
SAR Class 23	4-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1938
SAR Class 24	2-8-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1949
SAR Class 25 & 25NC	4-8-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1953
SAR Class 25NC	4-8-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1953
SAR Class 26	4-8-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1981
SAR Class Exp 1	4-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1907
SAR Class Exp 2	2-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1902
SAR Class Exp 3	2-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
SAR Class Exp 4	2-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1903
SAR Class Exp 5	2-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1906
SAR Class Exp 6	4-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1906
SAR Katanga Mikado	2-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1917
SAR Class S	0-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1929
SAR Class S1	0-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1947
SAR Class S2	0-8-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1952
SAR Class MA	2-6-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1909
SAR Class MB	2-6-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1910
SAR Class MC	2-6-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1912
SAR Class MC1	2-6-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1914
SAR Class MD	2-6-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1910
SAR Class ME	2-6-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1912
SAR Class MF	2-6-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1911
SAR Class MG	2-6-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1911
SAR Class MH	2-6-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1915
SAR Class MJ	2-6-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1914
SAR Class MJ1	2-6-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1918
SAR Class FC	2-6-2+2-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1925
SAR Class FD	2-6-2+2-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1926
SAR Class HF	2-8-2+2-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1927
SAR Class KM	0-6-0+0-6-0	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1904
SAR Class GA	2-6-0+0-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1921
SAR Class GB	2-6-2+2-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1921
SAR Class GC	2-6-2+2-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1924
SAR Class GCA	2-6-2+2-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1927
SAR Class GD	2-6-2+2-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1925
SAR Class GDA	2-6-2+2-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1929
SAR Class GE	2-8-2+2-8-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1925
SAR Class GEA	4-8-2+2-8-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1946
SAR Class GF	4-6-2+2-6-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1927
SAR Class GG	2-6-2+2-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1925
SAR Class GH	4-6-2+2-6-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1928
SAR Class GK	2-6-2+2-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1923
SAR Class GL	4-8-2+2-8-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1929
SAR Class GM	4-8-2+2-8-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1938
SAR Class GMA & GMAM	4-8-2+2-8-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1954
SAR Class GO	4-8-2+2-8-4	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1954
SAR Class U	2-6-2+2-6-2	3 ft 6 in, 1067 mm Cape	1927
SAR NG 0-4-0T	0-4-0T	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1899
SAR Dutton tractors	4-2-0 & 4-2-4	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1923
SAR Class NG1	0-4-0T	1 ft 11⅝ in, 600 mm Otavi	1900
SAR Class NG2	0-4-2T	1 ft 11⅝ in, 600 mm Otavi	1897
SAR Class NG3	4-6-2T	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1907
SAR Class NG4	4-6-2T	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1911
SAR Class NG5	2-8-2	1 ft 11⅝ in, 600 mm Otavi	1922
SAR Class NG6	4-4-0	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1895
SAR Class NG7	2-6-0	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1902
SAR Class NG8	4-6-0	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1904
SAR Class NG9	4-6-0	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1915
SAR Class NG10	4-6-2	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1916
SAR Class NG G11	2-6-0+0-6-2	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1919
SAR Class NG G12	2-6-2+2-6-2	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1927
SAR Class NG G13	2-6-2+2-6-2	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1927
SAR Class NG G14	2-6-2+2-6-2	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1931
SAR Class NG15	2-8-2	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1931
SAR Class NG G16	2-6-2+2-6-2	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1937
ACR Class NG G16A	2-6-2+2-6-2	2 ft 0 in, 610 mm Narrow	1989

Electric locomotives

Class	Imperial classification	Type & Voltage	First Run
SAR Class ES	Bo+Bo	SAR 3 kV DC	1936
SAR Class ES1	Bo	EE 235 V DC	1924
SAR Class Exp AC	Bo-Bo	SAR 25 kV AC	1978
SAR Class 1E & 1ES	Bo+Bo	MV 3 kV DC	1925
SAR Class 2E	Bo+Bo	Henschel 3 kV DC	1937
SAR Class 3E	Co+Co	MV 3 kV DC	1947
SAR Class 4E	1Co+Co1	GEC 3 kV DC	1952
SAR Class 5E, Series 1	Bo-Bo	EE 3 kV DC	1955
SAR Class 5E, Series 2	Bo-Bo	EE 3 kV DC	1957
SAR Class 5E, Series 3	Bo-Bo	EE 3 kV DC	1958
SAR Class 5E1, Series 1	Bo-Bo	MV 3 kV DC	1959
SAR Class 5E1, Series 2	Bo-Bo	MV 3 kV DC	1963
SAR Class 5E1, Series 3	Bo-Bo	MV 3 kV DC	1964
SAR Class 5E1, Series 4	Bo-Bo	MV 3 kV DC	1965
SAR Class 5E1, Series 5	Bo-Bo	MV 3 kV DC	1966
SAR Class 6E	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1970
SAR Class 6E1, Series 1	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1969
SAR Class 6E1, Series 2	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1971
SAR Class 6E1, Series 3	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1971
SAR Class 6E1, Series 4	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1973
SAR Class 6E1, Series 5	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1974
SAR Class 6E1, Series 6	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1975
SAR Class 6E1, Series 7	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1977
SAR Class 6E1, Series 8	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1979
SAR Class 6E1, Series 9	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1981
SAR Class 6E1, Series 10	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1982
SAR Class 6E1, Series 11	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1984
SAR Class 7E	Co-Co	50 ^c/_s Group 25 kV AC	1978
SAR Class 7E1	Co-Co	Hitachi 25 kV AC	1980
SAR Class 7E2, Series 1	Co-Co	50 ^c/_s Group 25 kV AC	1982
SAR Class 7E2, Series 2	Co-Co	50 ^c/_s Group 25 kV AC	1983
SAR Class 7E3, Series 1	Co-Co	Hitachi 25 kV AC	1983
SAR Class 7E3, Series 2	Co-Co	Hitachi 25 kV AC	1984
Spoornet Class 7E4	Co-Co	Hitachi 25 kV AC	2000
SAR Class 8E	Bo-Bo	BBC-Siemens 3 kV DC	1983
SAR Class 9E, Series 1	Co-Co	GEC 50 kV AC	1978
SAR Class 9E, Series 2	Co-Co	GEC 50 kV AC	1982
SAR Class 10E	Co-Co	Toshiba 3 kV DC	1985
SAR Class 10E1, Series 1	Co-Co	GEC 3 kV DC	1987
SAR Class 10E1, Series 2	Co-Co	GEC 3 kV DC	1990
SAR Class 10E2	Co-Co	Toshiba 3 kV DC	1989
SAR Class 11E	Co-Co	GM GM5FC 25 kV AC	1985
SAR Class 12E	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1983
Spoornet Class 14E	Bo-Bo	50 ^c/_s Group 3 kV DC/25 kV AC	1991
Spoornet Class 14E1	Bo-Bo	50 ^c/_s Group 3 kV DC/25 kV AC	1994
TFR Class 15E	Co-Co	Mitsui-Toshiba 50 kV AC	2010
Spoornet Class 16E	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1990
Spoornet Class 17E	Bo-Bo	UCW 3 kV DC	1993
Spoornet Class 18E, Series 1	Bo-Bo	Transwerk 3 kV DC	2000
TFR Class 18E, Series 2	Bo-Bo	TRE 3 kV DC	2010
TFR Class 19E	Bo-Bo	Mitsui-Toshiba 3 kV DC/25 kV AC	2009
TFR Class 20E	Bo-Bo	CSR ZELC 3 kV DC/25 kV AC	2013
TFR Class 21E	Bo-Bo	CSR ZELC 3 kV DC/25 kV AC	2014
TFR Class 22E	Co-Co	CSR ZELC 3 kV DC/25 kV AC	2015
TFR Class 23E	Co-Co	Bombardier Transportation Inc. 3 kV DC/25 kV AC	2017
Anglo Class E38	Bo-Bo	Consortium 3 kV DC	1993

Gas-electric, Diesel-electric, Diesel-hydraulic & Electro-diesel locomotives

Class	Imperial classification	Type	First Run	Total produced
SAR Gas-electric	A1-1A	SAR GE1	1923	1
SAR Class DS	Bo-Bo	AEG	1939	1
SAR Class DS1	Co	AEG	1939	2
SAR Class 31-000	Bo+Bo	GE U12B	1958	48
SAR Class 32-000	1Co+Co1	GE U18C1	1959	115
SAR Class 32-200	1Co+Co1	GE U20C1	1966	10
SAR Class 33-000	Co+Co	GE U20C	1965	65
SAR Class 33-200	Co+Co	GM-EMD GL26MC	1966	20
SAR Class 33-400	Co+Co	GE U20C	1968	115
SAR Class 34-000	Co+Co	GE U26C	1971	125
SAR Class 34-200	Co+Co	GM-EMD GT26MC	1971	50
SAR Class 34-400	Co+Co	GE U26C	1973	100
SAR Class 34-500	Co-Co	GE U26C	1974	46
SAR Class 34-600	Co+Co	GM-EMD GT26MC	1974	100
SAR Class 34-800	Co+Co	GM-EMD GT26MC	1978	59
SAR Class 34-900	Co+Co	GE U26C	1979	30
SAR Class 35-000	Co+Co	GE U15C	1972	70
SAR Class 35-200	Co+Co	GM-EMD GT18MC	1974	151
SAR Class 35-400	Co+Co	GE U15C	1976	100
SAR Class 35-600	Co+Co	GM-EMD GT18MC	1976	101
TFR Class 35-800	Co-Co	GM-EMD GL26C-2	1982	14
SAR Class 36-000	Bo+Bo	GE SG10B	1975	124
SAR Class 36-200	Bo+Bo	GM-EMD SW1002	1980	107
SAR Class 37-000	Co+Co	GM-EMD GT26M2C	1981	100
Spoornet Class 38-000	Bo-Bo	Consortium 3 kV DC	1992	50
Spoornet Class 39-000	Co+Co	EMD GT26CU-3	2006	5
TFR Class 39-200	Co+Co	EMD GT26CU-3	2010	50
TFR Class 43-000	Co+Co	GE C30Aci	2011	203
TFR Class 44-000	Co-Co	GE ES40ACi	2015	233
TFR Class 45-000	Co-Co	China CNR	2015	359
SAR Class 61-000	B-B	Henschel DH-1420	1958	7
SAR Class 91-000	Bo-Bo	GE UM6B	1973	20
PRASA Class Afro 4000	Co-Co	Vossloh España Afro4000	2014	20

v t e Locomotives of the Cape of Good Hope
7' ¼" gauge	East London 0-4-0VB Table Bay 0-4-0ST Table Bay 0-4-0T Table Bay 0-4-0WT
4' 8½" gauge	Cape 0-4-0T Cape 0-4-2 Cape 2-4-0T CGR 0-4-0ST Aid
3' 6" gauge	CGR 0-4-0ST 1873 CGR 0-4-0ST 1874 CGR 0-4-0ST 1881 CGR 0-4-0ST 1881 Coffee Pot CGR 0-6-0ST CGR 0-6-0T CGR 2-6-0ST 1900 CGR 2-6-0ST 1902 CGR 1st Class 0-4-0ST 1875 CGR 1st Class 0-4-0ST 1876 CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 BP CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 Kitson CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1879 CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1891 CGR 1st Class 2-6-0ST CGR 1st Class 4-4-0 CGR 1st Class 4-4-0T CGR 1st Class 4-4-0TT CGR 2nd Class 2-6-2TT CGR 2nd Class 4-4-0T CGR 3rd Class 2-6-0T CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1883 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1884 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1889 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1898 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1901 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1903 CGR 4th Class 4-4-2 CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1880 CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1882 CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1882 Joy CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1884 CGR 5th Class 1890 CGR 5th Class 1891 CGR 6th Class 1893 CGR 6th Class 1896 CGR 6th Class 1897 CGR 6th Class 1898 CGR 6th Class 1900 CGR 6th Class 1901 Baldwin CGR 6th Class 1901 Schenectady CGR 6th Class 1901 Neilson's CGR 6th Class 1902 CGR 6th Class 1904 CGR 6th Class 2-6-2 CGR 6th Class 2-6-4 CGR 7th Class 1892 CGR 7th Class 1896 CGR 7th Class 1902 CGR 8th Class 1901 CGR 8th Class 1902 CGR 8th Class 2-8-0 1903 CGR 8th Class 4-8-0 1903 CGR 8th Class 4-8-0 1903 Exp CGR 8th Class 2-8-0 1904 CGR 8th Class 4-8-0 1904 CGR 9th Class 1903 CGR 9th Class 1906 CGR 10th Class CGR Fairlie CGR Karoo 1903 CGR Karoo 1904 CGR Karoo Compound CGR Kitson-Meyer CGR Mountain 4-8-2 CGR Railmotor CGR Tandem Compound 1902 CGR Tandem Compound 1903 Kowie Railway 0-6-0T Kowie Railway 4-4-0T Metropolitan & Suburban 4-6-2T NCCR 7th Class 1899 NCCR 7th Class 1913 Port Elizabeth 0-4-0ST
2' 6" gauge	Cape Copper 0-6-0T Cape Copper Britannia Cape Copper Caledonia Cape Copper Clara Cape Copper Condenser Cape Copper Scotia Namaqua Copper Pioneer Walvis Bay Hope
2' gauge	CGR Baldwin 2-6-0 CGR NG 0-4-0T CGR NG 0-6-0T CGR NG 4-6-2T CGR Type A CGR Type B CGR Type C
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v t e Locomotives of Natal
4' 8½" gauge	Natal 0-4-0ST Durban Natal 0-4-0WT Natal Natal 4-4-0T Perseverance
3' 6" gauge	Durban's Congella Durban's Edward Innes Durban's John Milne Durban's Sir Albert NGR Class A 1905 NGR Class A 1910 NGR Class B 4-8-0 1904 NGR Class B 4-8-0 1910 NGR Class B 4-8-2 1906 NGR Class B 4-8-2 1909 NGR Class B 4-8-2 1910 NGR Class C 4-8-2T NGR Class C 4-10-2T NGR Class D NGR Class E NGR Class F NGR Class G NGR Class H 4-6-2T NGR Class H 4-6-4T NGR Class I 2-6-0 NGR Class I 2-6-2T NGR Class K 0-4-0ST NGR Class K 0-6-0ST NGR Class K 2-6-0T NGR Class L 4-8-0 NGR Durban & Pietermaritzburg NGR Havelock NGR Mallet 1909 NGR Mallet 1910
2' gauge	NGR Class N 1906 NGR Class N 1907 NGR Class N 1911
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v t e Locomotives of the Central South African Railways
3' 6" gauge	CSAR 0-6-0ST 1896 CSAR 4-6-0T 1887 CSAR Class 6-L1 CSAR Class 6-L2 CSAR Class 6-L3 CSAR Class 7 CSAR Class 8-L1 CSAR Class 8-L2 CSAR Class 8-L3 CSAR Class 9 CSAR Class 10 1904 CSAR Class 10 1910 CSAR Class 10-2 Saturated CSAR Class 10-2 Superheated CSAR Class 10-C CSAR Class 11 CSAR Class B 0-6-4T CSAR Class C 2-8-4T CSAR Class D CSAR Class E 4-8-0TT CSAR Class E 4-8-2T CSAR Class E 4-10-2T CSAR Class F CSAR Class M CSAR Mallet Saturated CSAR Mallet Stoker CSAR Mallet Superheated CSAR Rack 4-6-4RT CSAR Railmotor IMR 0-6-0ST 1896 IMR 4-6-0T 1887 IMR 46 Tonner 0-6-4T IMR 55 Tonner 2-6-4T IMR 7th Class 4-8-0 IMR 8th Class 4-8-0 IMR Reid Tenwheeler 4-10-2T IMR Western Australian 2-8-4T NZASM 10 Tonner NZASM 13 Tonner NZASM 14 Tonner NZASM 18 Tonner NZASM 19 Tonner NZASM 32 Tonner NZASM 40 Tonner NZASM 46 Tonner OVGS 1st Class 4-4-0TT OVGS 2nd Class 2-6-0 OVGS 2nd Class 2-6-0ST OVGS 3rd Class 4-4-0 OVGS 4th Class G 4-6-0 OVGS 5th Class K 4-6-0 1890 OVGS 5th Class K 4-6-0 1891 OVGS 6th Class L 4-6-0 OVGS 6th Class L2 4-6-0 OVGS 6th Class L3 4-6-0 PPR 0-4-0ST Natal PPR 26 Tonner PPR 35 Tonner Portuguese PPR 55 Tonner
2' gauge	CSAR Pankop
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v t e Steam Locomotives of South West Africa
600 mm gauge (Narrow gauge)	Class Ha Class Hb Class Hc Class Hd Jung Zwillinge
3' 6" gauge (Cape gauge)	6-Coupled Tank 8-Coupled Tank 8-Coupled Tender 10-Coupled Tender
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Steam locomotives

Electric locomotives

Gas-electric, Diesel-electric, Diesel-hydraulic & Electro-diesel locomotives

See also