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Natal Railway 0-4-0WT Natal
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Carrett· from 1860· type of steam locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Natal locomotive: User:Jaco Marais· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. NRC Natal 0-4-0WT Exhumed: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Natal Railway 0-4-0WT Natal of 1860 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Natal Colony. Not the first Locomotive in South Africa but the first to run in revenue service in South Africa, the Natal Railway Company's engine Natal, was landed at Durban Harbour on 13 May 1860. It made its inaugural run on 26 June 1860, during the official opening of the first operating railway in South Africa.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 166 years ago, in 1860.
- Served for 15 years (1860–1875).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1860
- in service from
- 1860
- retired
- 1875
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Carrett
- designer
- Carrett, Marshall & Company
- operators
- Natal Railway Company, Natal Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- 18 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1966096, Wikipedia: Natal Railway 0-4-0WT Natal (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.