CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1880

The Cape Government Railways 4th Class 4-6-0TT of 1880 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1880 and 1881 the railways placed eighteen of these 4-6-0 tank-and-tender locomotives in mainline service on the Midland and Eastern Systems, working out of Port Elizabeth and East London. Designed by Michael Stephens and ordered from Robert Stephenson and Company in three batches of six, it was the first South African locomotive built to a local design, prepared in the drawing office at Salt River. The locomotives were intended for freight work and used Stephenson valve gear, and four were still in service to come onto the South African Railways roster in 1912, where they were designated Class 04.