The Cape Town Railway & Dock 0-4-2 of 1860 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
No. 4 Wellington, derailed during labour unrest
Works drawing, without tender
Plaque mounted on Blackie's plinth
Arrival of the inaugural train at Wellington Station, behind a tender locomotive
R and W Hawthorn
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R and W Hawthorn Ltd was a locomotive manufacturer in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from 1817 until 1885.
Cape Town Railway & Dock 0-4-2
…Messrs. E. & J. Pickering, had been dismissed in October 1861 and construction was taken over by the Company itself. In 1859, an order was placed with R and W Hawthorn in Newcastle upon Tyne in England for eight 0-4-2 tender locomotives. These engines, which arrived in two shipments on 20 March and 28 April 1860, were…
R&W Hawthorn 2-2-2 engine and tender
1859 Pickerings locomotive plinthed at Cape Town station