#1806
SS 1000 class
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Werkspoor· from 1917· class of 20 Dutch East Indies 4-6-2 locomotives
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- 1. Lokomotif C53: Andra Radithya· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SS 1000 class, later reclassified as the C53 class, are a class of 20 4-6-2 four-cylinder passenger steam locomotives built by Werkspoor in the Netherlands for Staatsspoorwegen, the state-owned railway of Dutch East Indies. It measured 20,792 mm (68 ft 2.6 in) in length, weighs 109.19 t (120.4 short tons; 107.5 long tons), and has a power rating of 1,200 hp (890 kW) with a top speed of 90 km/h (56 mph). They were initially numbered SS 1001-1020.
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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- 883 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 53 years (1917–1970).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1917–1922
- in service from
- 1917
- retired
- 1970
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Werkspoor
- operators
- Staatsspoorwegen, Kereta Api Indonesia
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 883 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2 Pacific
- length
- 20.8 m
- weight
- 66.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q25458057, Wikipedia: SS 1000 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.