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South West African 2-8-0
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Orenstein & Koppel· from 1911· type of steam locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South African O&K 2-8-0: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The South West African 2-8-0 of 1911 was a steam locomotive from the German South West Africa era. In 1911, eight tender locomotives with a 2-8-0 Consolidation type wheel arrangement were placed in service by the Lüderitzbucht Eisenbahn (Lüderitzbucht Railway) in German South West Africa. After the First World War, the territory came under South African administration and all eight locomotives came 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 115 years ago, in 1911.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911
- in service from
- 1911
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Orenstein & Koppel
- designer
- Orenstein & Koppel
- operators
- Lüderitzbucht Eisenbahn, South African Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0 (Consolidation)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17091831, Wikipedia: South West African 2-8-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.