Surviving Steam Trams of the World - Skirt Tanks

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…

• 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 (new picture 13th March 2023)

The 'Skirt Tank' seems to have been a Dutch concept although almost all existing examples were actually built in Germany. Basically, these are conventional steam locomotives with skirts which covered the motion and which in some cases also had extra water tanks to supplement conventional well tanks.

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Europe

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Netherlands
	Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij	50	Henschel	11722/1913	1067	0-6-0	Stichting RTM Ouddorp Information and picture
	Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij	54	Orenstein & Koppel	8065/1915	1067	0-6-0	Stichting RTM Ouddorp Information and picture
	Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij	56	Orenstein & Koppel	9193/1920	1067	0-6-0	Stichting RTM Ouddorp Information and picture
	Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij	57	Orenstein & Koppel	9194/1920	1067	0-6-0	Stichting RTM Ouddorp Information and picture
	Limburgse Tramweg Mij.	26	Hanomag	9892/1922	1435	0-4-0	Stoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik  Information and picture Originally thought to be 21 (9895/1922) but now known to be 26 and renumbered accordingly.
Germany
	Strassburger Strassenbahn/Mittelbädische Eisenbahn Ges.	46	Grafenstaden	4805/1898	1000	0-4-0	Kleinbahnmuseum Selfkantbahn Built as a skirt tank.

Asia

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Indonesia
	PJKA/PNKA	B2207	Hartmann	2453/1898	1067	0-4-2	Cibubur
	PJKA/PNKA	B2209	Hartmann	2455/1898	1067	0-4-2	Taman Mini Indonesia
	PJKA/PNKA	B2220	Hartmann	2568/1900	1067	0-4-2	Ambarawa
	PJKA/PNKA	C1603	Hartmann	2718/1901	1067	0-6-0	Ambarawa
	PJKA/PNKA	C1704	Hartmann	2773/1902	1067	0-6-0	Ambarawa
	PJKA/PNKA	C1801	Hartmann	3160/1908	1067	0-6-0	Ambarawa
	PJKA/PNKA	C2001	Hartmann	2792/1902	1067	0-6-2	Ambarawa
	PJKA/PNKA	C2301	Hartmann	3164/1908	1067	0-6-0	Lawang Sewu (former NIS HQ) in Semarang

South America

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Surinam
	Surinamse Landsspoorweg	'Para'	Backer & Rueb (Breda)	300/1915	1000	0-4-0	Onverwacht Confirmed preserved by Thomas Kautzor (24th September 2014)