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Natal Railway 4-4-0T Perseverance
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1875· class of 1 South African 4-4-0T locomotive
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- 1. Natal Railway 4-4-0T Perseverance: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Natal Railway 4-4-0T Perseverance of 1876 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal. In January 1876, the Natal Railway Company obtained its third and last locomotive, a broad gauge 4-4-0T engine, built by Kitson and Company and named Perseverance. The Natal Government Railways had been established during the previous year.
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 151 years ago, in 1875.
- Served for 89 years (1876–1965).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1875
- in service from
- 1876
- retired
- 1965
- status
- retired
- 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
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15061642, Wikipedia: Natal Railway 4-4-0T Perseverance (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.