Dalat 0-8-0T No. 40-306
Thap Cham, Vietnam 		Location: Unkown
Status: Stored
Posted: Oct 4, 2026 @ 15:10:17 by Steve Frost, European Editor
DFB No.704 (40-304) is already shown on the site. I refer you to my previous note re 40-306.

Is the existence of 40-306 known? The photo we show is clearly of 40-304 and will be removed as it is clearly of 704. There is another reason that it is being removed, Mr Nguyen, as it is clearly NOT your work, being the photo submitted by another photographer for No. 704.

It is vital, for copyright reasons, that any photographs submitted are your own work. I will leave this entry until its existence or demise can be proven.

Posted: Oct 2, 2026 @ 11:10:21 by David Nguyen
Dalat should be DFB Thap Cham, Vietnam should be Realp, Switzerland Location is Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke Status is Operational 40-306 should be 40-304 Wheels: 0-8-0RT Builder: SLM (Winterthur) Build Date: 1923 Construction No.: 2940 Empty Weight: 35.73 Driver Diameter: Cog 840mm Boiler Pressure: 14 atm Cylinders: 455 Fuel: Coal
Posted: Nov 24, 2024 @ 12:11:32 by Steve Frost, European Editor
On the face of it, there appears to be duplication with a loco with identical details at Dong Anh. Either the details for one of them are incorrect or there is duplication, but if so, which is the correct location?
Posted: Jul 10, 2022 @ 05:07:57 by Dale W Fickes
This is Esslingen 4227/1929 which was SLM repair for the Krongh Pha-Da Lat, Indochina as their No. 40-306 and where it was in 1988.
Posted: Nov 3, 2013 @ 10:11:42 by Jacob Woods
This is an 0-8-0T cog, all of those at Thap Cham are 0-8-0ts. In the 1940s some 2-6-0ts came from Switzerland, but in the late 1990s those were taken back along with 2 0-8-0Ts built by SLM. There are several 1929 SLMs and several Essligen 0-8-0Ts too. But definitely an 0-8-0T wheel arrangement. Jacob