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- 1. Class Hc 0-6-0T: P. Smits· Public domain
what is it?
The South West African Class Hc 0-6-0T of 1907 was a narrow gauge steam locomotive from the German South West Africa era. In 1907, the German Administration in German South West Africa acquired three Class Hc 0-6-0T locomotives for lease to the Otavi Mining and Railway Company. Two more entered service in 1910 and 1911, and a sixth was acquired new by the South African Railways in 1923.
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 119 years ago, in 1907.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1907–1923
- in service from
- 1907
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- designer
- Henschel & Son
- operators
- Otavi Mining and Railway Company, Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 600 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17091851, Wikipedia: South West African Class Hc (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.