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Manila Railroad 300 class
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1914· class of six 0-8-0T rack locomotives in the Philippines
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Manila MRR Dzz 303 Esslingen 3709 1914: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Manila Railroad 300 class of 1914 were cog locomotives used for the Antipolo line and the Aringay–Baguio branch of the PNR North Main Line. These were also known in the railroad's mechanical department as the R class. Built by German manufacturer Maschinenfabrik Esslingen and Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works of Winterthur in 1914, they were the latter of only two classes of German-built locomotives that entered service in the Philippines.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- Served for 26 years (1914–1940).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914
- in service from
- 1914
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- designer
- Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- operators
- Manila Railroad Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q108685395, Wikipedia: Manila Railroad 300 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.