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Durban Harbour's John Milne
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1879· class of 1 South African 0-6-0T locomotive
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- 1. HB Natal 0-6-0ST John Milne (1879): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
Durban Harbour's John Milne of 1879 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal. In 1879, the Harbour Board of Natal placed a single 0-6-0ST saddle-tank locomotive in service, its first own locomotive for shunting work on the docks.
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 147 years ago, in 1879.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1879
- in service from
- 1879
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- designer
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Harbour Board of Natal
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0ST (Six-coupled)
- weight
- 19.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17051200, Wikipedia: Durban Harbour's John Milne (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.