The Cape Government Railways places twenty-four3rd Class 4-4-0 American type tender locomotives in passenger service on the Cape Western System, the first stock locomotives to be built in quantity to detailed designs prepared in theCape Colony.[5]
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^abStatement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 182, ref. no. 200954-13
^Bagshawe, Peter (2012).Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines (1st ed.). Stenvalls.ISBN978-91-7266-179-0.
^Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.
^abcHolland, D.F. (1971).Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:David & Charles. pp. 37–39,109–112.ISBN978-0-7153-5382-0.
^Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1944).The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter IV - The N.Z.A.S.M.. South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, October 1944. pp. 761–764.
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