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Natal Railway 0-4-0ST Durban
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1865· type of steam locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Natal Railway 0-4-0ST Durban: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Natal Railway 0-4-0ST Durban of 1865 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Natal Colony. In 1865, the Natal Railway Company acquired an 0-4-0ST locomotive. This was the Natal Railway's second locomotive and was named Durban.
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 161 years ago, in 1865.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1865
- in service from
- 1865
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- designer
- Kitson and Company
- operators
- Natal Railway Company, Natal Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- 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 Q17077526, Wikipedia: Natal Railway 0-4-0ST Durban (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.