User:Jhon dough/sandbox/Cape Town, Epping 3056 Salt River "P.U.G."

Salt River "PUG"
File:Water Color Painting.jpg
M.W.Bates Salt River "PUG" Water Color Painting
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderW. G. Bagnall
Build date1953
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-4-0T
 • UIC'B'
Gauge1435 mm
Cylinders2
Cylinder size14.5 in x 20 in
Career
OperatorsPaarden Eiland power station
Numbers3056
Official nameSalt River
NicknamesPretty useful gift, or PUG

Cape Town, Epping 3056 Salt River (nicknamed "Pretty Useful Gift", or "P.U.G.") is an 0-4-0T Built in 1953 by W.G. Bagnall Ltd, in Stafford, England, Built for the Paarden Eiland power station, in cape town, south Africa. The engine was later donated to the RSSA, or Western Cape Railway Preservation Trust in late 1989, although still available for use by Escom if required.

As of 2009, Its unknown whether or not the engine still exists.

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