Surviving Steam Trams of the World

Surviving Steam Trams of the World - Steam Railcars

This page is one of a series of pages using the research of Don Sibley and Derek Rayner. Click one of the links below for the other pages:

Surviving Steam Trams of the World - introduction and acknowledgements

Steam Trams of North West Europe (UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands) (updated 26th November 2024)

Steam Trams of the Rest of Europe (new picture and relocation 28th February 2021)

Steam Trams of Africa, Asia, South America and Australasia (bad news 26th September 2014)

Steam Dummies (North America) (new photograph, 12th August 2013, new entry 13th August 2013)

Not quite steam trams but…

Skirt Tanks (Europe, South America and Asia)

Near Misses (some oddities) (new picture 29th September 2015)

Definitely not steam trams but…

Standard Gauge Steam Locomotives with some Tram Features (new discovery 29th April 2024)

Non-Standard Gauge Steam Locomotives with some Tram Features (another picture 29th October 2013, new link 2nd November 2013)

Cockerill Locomotives (restoration of 3157, 11th August 2021)

Steam railcars (often confusingly called railmotors because the Australians sometimes used this term for their steam trams) had a longer life than steam trams but even fewer survive because the only use for them when they were made redundant was to strip out the steam engine and turn them into 'normal' coaches. Quite a few survive in that state and it is not impossible, like the GWR example below, that they will be 'restored' in due course.

Not so long back (OK 30 years ago), there were near derelict Clayton steam railcars in Sudan and Sentinel steam railcars in Malawi, but I do not know if they still survive.

The book "Pickled Passengers" by Paul Bennett. is about Sentinel-Cammell narrow gauge steam railcars with lots of photos and a works list in the appendices.

Click on a thumbnail for a larger picture, then click the link or the image to return to this page. The page with the larger image carries the name of the photographer concerned, as you will see further pictures are needed. If you can fill the gaps or provide an alternative larger image approx 800 x 600, please get in touch using the email address at the bottom of the page.

Latest entries are Wilson Lythgoe's updated picture of Tasmanian railcar SP 9 (13th March 2023), the residual engine part of a steam railcar (19th November 2020), 'Miss Muffet in India (14th September 2019), Kevin Hoggett's picture of Tasmanian railcar SP4 (17th January 2017), Ralf Aroksalasch's picture of the Växjö-Alvesta railcar (28th September 2015) and Neil Edwards' picture of the standard gauge Swedish railcar (3rd June 2015)..

Asia

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
India
							Jamalpur Works, Eastern Railway
This is a restored 'steam railcar' called Miss Muffet at Jamalpur Works. I know nothing of its origin but these videos show it in steam (14th September 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irm5xWlGdr8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axF3i8ywk5s - https://www.facebook.com/IRheritage/videos/2387886754635030
Japan
		6014	Kisha	19/1912	1067	Not applicable	Tokai Railway Museum, Nagoya
Sri Lanka
	Ceylon Government Railways	331	Sentinel	7303/1928	762	Not applicable	Dematagoda, Colombo

Australasia

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Australia
	South Australia Railway	1	Kitson	????/1905	1067	Loco part 0-4-0	Pichi Richi Railway 'Coffee Pot' Pictures

Europe

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Czech Republic
	kkStB	11	Ringhoffer	65168/1903	1435	Not applicable	Known as a Komarek railcar, this being the manufacturer of the boiler (349/1905) it was renumbered kkStB 1.001 and then ČSD 124.001 Czech Railway Museum, Lužná
Germany
	Pilatusbahn	10	SLM	1309/1900	800	Not applicable	Rack railway Deutsches Museum, Munich Information
Your Picture Here!	Bayerischen Staatsbahn		Maffei		1435	Not applicable	For a different but similar railcar see: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayerischer_MCCi. Power unit only, damaged by fire 2005, DB Museum, Nuremberg. Picture on http://lokalbahns.webs.com/photos/Glaskasten/br-98-319894.jpg no longer available by October 14
Italy
	Ferrovie dello Stato (FS)	800.006	Maffei	2656/1907	1435	0-4-0T	At the National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Known as 'The Cube' for obvious reasons, it is the rebuilt engine part of an unsuccessful steam railcar design.
Spain
Your Picture Here!	Zafra a Huelva		Sentinel	7604/1929	1674	Not applicable	Venta de Baños Information and picture.
Sweden
	Dala–Ockelbo–Norrsundet Järnväg	'Majorn'	Atlas, Stockhom	18/1888	891	Not applicable	Jädraås–Tallås Järnväg
	Halmstad-Nässjö Järnvägs		Atlas	19/1888	1435	Not applicable	Nässjö Railway Museum Picture
	Växjö-Alvesta Järnväg Oxelösund–Flen–Västmanlands Järnväg		OFWJ workshops, Eskilstuna	2/1884	1435	Not applicable	Munktells Museum, formerly at Gävle (until 2008) Story. Back at Gavle (temporarily?) in September 2015
Switzerland
	Pilatusbahn	9	SLM	514/1888	800	Not applicable	Rack railway Transport Museum Lucerne
	Uerikon- Bauma	31	Esslingen	????/1902	1435	Not applicable	Zurich Information and picture
United Kingdom
	Egyptian National Railways		Sentinel	9518/1951	1435	Not applicable	Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Information
	Great Western Railway	93	GWR		1435	Not applicable	Didcot Railway Centre More information and picture

These are those former steam (Sentinel) railcars which have been de-engined which I have located with a quick search aided by this discussion forum

Asia

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Sri Lanka
	Ceylon Government Railways	332	Sentinel	????/1928	762	Not applicable	Dematagoda, Colombo

Australasia

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Australia
	Tasmanian Government Railways	SP4	Sentinel	8812/1933	1067	Not applicable	De-engined by 1949 Glenorchy, Tasmania
Your Picture Here!	Tasmanian Government Railways	SP5	Sentinel	9201/1937	1067	Not applicable	De-engined by 1949 Bellarine Railway, Victoria
Your Picture Here!	Tasmanian Government Railways	SP6	Sentinel	9202/1937	1067	Not applicable	De-engined by 1949 Formerly Derwent Valley Railway, now Granton, Tasmania
	Tasmanian Government Railways	SP7	Sentinel	9234/1937	1067	Not applicable	De-engined by 1949 Don Valley Railway, Tasmania
Your Picture Here!	Tasmanian Government Railways	SP8	Sentinel	9235/1937	1067	Not applicable	De-engined by 1949 Bellarine Railway, Victoria
	Tasmanian Government Railways	SP9	Sentinel	9238/1937	1067	Not applicable	De-engined by 1949 Formerly Wee Georgie Wood Railway, then West Strahan, Tasmania, by 2020 at Chudleigh on the former Mole Creek branch.
Your Picture Here!		ALT 5	Sentinel	????/????	1067	Not applicable	South West Rail & Heritage Centre, Boyanup, WA Pictures: http://www.westonlangford.com/media/photos/129140.jpg http://www.westonlangford.com/media/photos/129141.jpg

Europe

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Sweden
Your Picture Here!			Munktells	????/1884	1435	Not applicable	In use as a summer house outside Eskilstuna Story
United Kingdom
	Jersey Railway		Sentinel	6694/1927	1435	Not applicable	Railcar body only, formerly Jersey Eastern Railway 'Britanny' ~~http://www.dockyardrailway.co.uk/standard/history/sentinel.php~~ (link broken by December 2021) Now at Georg Hocevar's SC Ateliere Centrale SA in Crisçior, Romania for measurements for an authentic replica (2nd picture). Then intended for scrap... Picture

South America

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Peru
	FCTA	261	Sentinel	????/????	1435	Not applicable	Converted to diesel power and active at least until 2010. http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?road_number=FCTA%20261 steamlocomotive.info reports several other extant railcars.