PPR 35 Tonner 4-6-0T Portuguese

what is it?

The Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway 35 Tonner 4-6-0T of 1887 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal. The Lourenco Marques, Delagoa Bay and East Africa Railway in Mozambique placed two tank locomotives with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement in service in 1887. One of them was sold to the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek in 1897.

who runs it

base stats

• built 2made in total

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 139 years ago, in 1887.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1887

in service from

1887

number built

2

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

South African Republic

builders

Nasmyth, Wilson and Company

designer

Nasmyth, Wilson & Company

operators

Netherlands-South African Railway Company, Central South African Railways

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,067 mm Cape gauge

wheel arrangement

4-6-0T

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.