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South West African Class Ha
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1903· locomotive class from South Africa
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class Ha 0-6-2T: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The South West African Class Ha 0-6-2T of 1904 was a steam locomotive from the German South West Africa era. In 1904, the German administration in German South West Africa acquired ten Class Ha 0-6-2T locomotives for lease to the Otavi Mining and Railway Company. Only one of these locomotives survived the First World War to be taken onto the roster of the South African Railways.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903
- in service from
- 1904
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- designer
- Henschel and Son
- operators
- Otavi Mining and Railway Company, Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 600 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17091840, Wikipedia: South West African Class Ha (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.