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The Metropolitan & Suburban 4-6-2T of 1896 is a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1896 two 4-6-2 Pacific type tank locomotives entered service on the Metropolitan and Suburban Railway that operated a suburban passenger service between Cape Town and Sea Point. In 1901 both locomotives were sold to the Mashonaland Railway. ==Metropolitan & Suburban Railway== In 1887 the Green and Seapoint Company began the construction of the Sea Point Line, a railway line from Cape Town to Sea Point, with the aim to provide a suburban train service to the expanding urban area along the coast behind Signal Hill and Lion's Head. A line of just over long was constructed before the company ran into financial difficulty and abandoned the project.〔〔 A second enterprise, the Cape Town and Suburban Railway Company, took over the track with plans to extend it, but it failed to have trains running by the 1888 deadline stipulated by the Cape Government and so also went out of business.〔〔''The South African Railways - Historical Survey''. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 24.〕 A third company, the Metropolitan and Suburban Railway Company, was formed to carry on with the line and it was finally opened to public traffic in September 1892. The first locomotives in use were a pair of 1875 Cape 1st Class 4-4-0T engines, numbers 3 and 4, that were acquired from the Cape Government Railways. These were used during construction and also in revenue service once the line was opened.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metropolitan & Suburban 4-6-2T」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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