Neilson, Reid and Company Works No 6093 – CGR 291 & SAR 641

This locomotive was built by Neilson, Reid and Company in Glasgow in 1902 which is the year before the company amalgamated with Dübs and Company and Sharp Stewart and Company to form the North British Locomotive Company.

The locomotive started life as Cape Government Railway (CGR) number 291 and operated on the Western System of the CGR.

For details of class 6J locomotives go to Class 6J

It later became SAR number 641 in 1912 following the establishment of the South African Railways (SAR).

The locomotive is in in storage at Epping Market Siding in Cape Town.

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