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Cape Town. CGR 1st Class No 7 built in 1875, at Bellville.

• ZA 0375-E-E077
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1880. Cape 1st Class Neilson 4-4-0TT. Their tenders were coupled with bell buffers and when needed they could be simply uncoupled making them tank engines.

• ZA 0375-N-N49332
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• 1945

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CGR 1st Class No 35.

• ZA 0375-N-N61702
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1875. CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 No 27 Beyer Peacock later SAR Class 01 No 27.

• ZA 0375-N-N55282
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• 1875

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Cape Town. Men posing with CGR 1st Class of 1875 No 7 at Bellville station.

• ZA 0375-N-N100301
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McFarlane, 1895. Train hauled by Cape 1st Class 1879 at small station building. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0197
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• 1895

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Pokwani, 1895. Stacked rails in the foreground with train hauled by Cape 1st Class in the distance. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0203
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• 1895

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Machadodorp, 1897. Men posing at CGR 1st Class.

• ZA 0375-N-N68729
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• 1897

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SAR postcard series No 5: Ten CGR 1st Class tender engines were converted to saddle tank locomotives and served mainly with the Port Elizabeth Harbour Board although they tended to be moved to other ports. This engine is SAR No 0416.

• ZA 0375-P-P2943_05
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CGR 1st Class No 4.

• ZA 0375-E-E021
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CGR 1st Class No 6 built in 1875.

• ZA 0375-E-E080
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CGR 1st Class, built 1875.

• ZA 0375-E-E135
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Cape Town, 1880. CGR 1st Class 4-4-0 No 35 Wynberg Express at Salt River.

• ZA 0375-N-N58405
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• 1880

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1940. Starting life as Cape 1st Class 2-6-0 tender engines, 10 of these were converted to 2-6-0ST. Five survived and were sold to the PEHB. In 1910 they became Cape 1st Class including this No 0416.

• ZA 0375-N-N47146
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• 1940

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CGR 1st Class No 63, built by Beyer Peacock & Co.

• ZA 0375-N-N54087
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CGR 1st Class No 18 built by Avonside Engine Co. Employed on the construction of the New Cape Central Railways circa 1885.

• ZA 0375-N-N54649
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Colesberg, 1898. Cape 1st Class No 448 used between Colesberg Junction and the town, affectionately known as the 'Colesberg Buster'. In 1910 was renumbered SAR Class 01 No 0448.

• ZA 0375-N-N54653
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• 1898

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Kimberley, 1896. Beaconsfield station looking south with Cape 1st Class built 1879-80 in yard. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0119
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• 1896

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Dronfield, 1895. Station building with train hauled by Cape 1st Class 1879 in the distance. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0196
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• 1895

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Koedoe, 1895. CGR 1st Class of 1879 with train in station. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0411
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• 1895

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Port Elizabeth (possibly). CGR 1st Class No 38 of 1879. See P1978.

• ZA 0375-N-N100736
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Kimberley, 28 November 1885. CGR 1st Class No 19 with Driver A Stewart, first locomotive to cross the Orange and Modder Rivers hauling the first train into Kimberley.

• ZA 0375-N-N42107
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• 1885

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CGR 1st Class No 39, Beyer Peacock 1875. All scrapped or sold before 1910.

• ZA 0375-N-N58337
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CGR 1st Class No 448 "Colesberg Buster". SEE pp 25-26 in Holland's book Volume 1.

• ZA 0375-PB-PB2793_001
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CGR 1st Class Beyer Peacock No 19.

• ZA 0375-PB-PB3778_001
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CGR 1st Class built in 1875.

• ZA 0375-E-E049
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Bloemfontein district, 17 December 1890. CGR Class 01 No 123 at Kaalspruit, hauling the first train into Bloemfontein. (J Geo Fraser, Jnr; published in SARM March 1946 p201)

• ZA 0375-N-N73371
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• 1890

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CGR 1st Class No 27, built by Beyer Peacock.

• ZA 0375-N-N22915
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CGR 1st Class No 42 Inclined cylinder engine (Beyer Peacock 1886) Train in station, with Driver DP Bromfield. (HE Fripp, Beaufort West)

• ZA 0375-N-N53414
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Cape 1st Class 4-4-0 built by Avonside & Neilson 1878/80. All were sold or scrapped by 1910 except No 40 which become SAR Class 01 No 040.

• ZA 0375-N-N53846
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• 1948

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Mareetsane, 1895. Cape 1st Class 4-4-0 built 1879. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0190
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• 1895

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Slypklip, 1895. Cape 1st Class built 1879 with train. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0200
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• 1895

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Content, 1895. CGR 1st Class of 1879 with train in station. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0412
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• 1895

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CGR 1st Class Neilson No 38, later SAR Class 01 No 038.

• ZA 0375-P-P1978
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Cape Town. CGR 1st Class Neilson No 38, later SAR Class 01 No 038.

• ZA 0375-P-P1978_01
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The Cape Government Railway contracted to build the line from Colesberg to Kroonstad in the Orange Free State. For this they used a Cape 1st Class engine No 123 shown here on a small trestle bridge. (Brounger Collection No 11)

• ZA 0375-N-N100938_05
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CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 Beyer Peacock.

• ZA 0375-PB-PB2013
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Johannesburg. CGR 1st Class No 221. Could be the first Cape train to enter Johannesburg station?

• ZA 0375-PB-PB3034_001
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CGR 1st Class No 39.

• ZA 0375-LS-LS_07_020
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Cape Town. Cape 1st Class No 3 with Driver Cooper at Sea Point.

• ZA 0375-N-N74840
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Kimberley district. CGR 1st Class No 19, later SAR Class 01, with staff. First locomotive to cross the Orange and Modder Rivers. See N43426 and N42107.

• ZA 0375-N-N100217
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CGR 1st Class No 27, built by Beyer Peacock.

• ZA 0375-N-N22912
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Kimberley. CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 No 19 built by Beyer Peacock, first locomotive to cross the Orange and Modder Rivers to enter Kimberley.

• ZA 0375-N-N43426
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• 1935

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1940. Starting life as Cape 1st Class 2-6-0 tender engines, 10 of these were converted to 2-6-0ST. Five survived and were sold to the Port Elizabeth Harbour Board. In 1910 they became Cape 1st Class including this No 0416.

• ZA 0375-N-N47147
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• 1940

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12 August 1879. First train from Port Elizabeth to Middleton, hauled by Cape 1st Class locomotive.

• ZA 0375-P-P1455
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• 1879

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Riverton Road, 1895. Cape 1st Class 1879 on train in station looking south. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0199
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• 1895

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Border, 1895. Train hauled by Cape 1st Class 1879 and station buildings in the distance. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0202
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• 1895

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Madibogo, 1895. Cape 1st Class 1879 locomotive at store of S Solomon and Co looking south. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0250
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• 1895

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Burgersdorp, 1895. CGR 4th Class 'Conv Joys' with Baldwin built CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 on right of shed. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0279
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• 1895

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Madiba, 1895. Cape 1st Class, put in use in 1879, at crossing loop. (EH Short)

• ZA 0375-P-P0330
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• 1895

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Beaufort West West district, circa September 1897. Group of men posing around CGR 1st Class No 7 1897 at Letjesbosch. (HE Fripp)

• ZA 0375-N-N100215
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1875. CGR 1st Class Beyer Peacock No 27.

• ZA 0375-P-P2013
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• 1875

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