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South West African Zwillinge
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1899· class of 454 Namibian 0-6-0T locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Unclassed Zwillinge no. 169B (0-6-0T): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Zwillinge no. 167 A & B 0-6-0T: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. DSWA Zwillinge 1903: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The South West African Zwillinge 0-6-0T of 1898 was a narrow gauge steam locomotive from the German South West Africa era. Between 1898 and 1905, more than fifty pairs of Zwillinge twin 0-6-0T steam locomotives were delivered to the Swakopmund-Windhuk Staatsbahn (Swakopmund-Windhoek State Railway) in German South West Africa. By 1922, only two of these locomotives remained to be taken onto the roster of the South African Railways.
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 127 years ago, in 1899.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899–1905
- in service from
- 1898
- number built
- 182
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- KraussMaffei, Henschel & Sohn, Berliner Maschinenbau, Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt, Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik, Borsig
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- 20 km/h
- power
- 45 kW
- gauge
- 600 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 8.5 t
- nicknames
- Zwillinge or Illinge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565817, Wikipedia: South West African Zwillinge (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.