#0441
NGR Class K 0-6-0ST
Colony of Natal ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1880· small locomotive used by the Natal Government Railways between 1880 and about 1912
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- 1. HB Natal 0-6-0ST no. 15 (1880): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Natal Government Railways Class K 0-6-0ST of 1880 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal. In 1880, the Natal Government Railways placed a single 0-6-0 saddle-tank locomotive in service. It was virtually identical to the Harbour Board of Natal's locomotive John Milne of 1879 and was built by the same manufacturer.
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 146 years ago, in 1880.
- 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
- 1880
- in service from
- 1880
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Colony of Natal
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- designer
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Natal Government Railways
- 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 Q17079326, Wikipedia: NGR Class K 0-6-0ST (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.