Sena Sugar Estates (Heeresfeldbahn) 0-8-0T No. 47 (HF913)
Hesketh Bank, Lancashire, UK 		Location: West Lancashire Light Railway
Status: Restoration
Posted: Dec 4, 2022 @ 13:12:02 by Dale W Fickés
Delivered to the Heeresfeldbahn Depot 1, Berlin as No. HF 913. When the Sena Sugar Estate, was looking for locomotives for its plantations in the 1920s, the choice fell on the brigade locomotive, which was available in large numbers. So the HF 913 was shipped to Mozambique together with other brigade locomotives. The cab was also converted to the tropical version and the boiler to wood firing. HF 913 arrived at the Luabo plantation, where it was assigned road number 6. After being used in front of the sugar cane trains for many years, she was decommissioned like her other Mozambique sisters and has been waiting for better times ever since. This came in 1998, when an English rail enthusiast bought the brigade locomotives parked in Mozambique and had them shipped to England. After their arrival a number were sold to private individuals or clubs. A member of the West Lancashire Light Railway bought the HF 913. It has been stripped down for refurbishment and is currently awaiting boiler repairs. During the refurbishment, the locomotive is to be restored to the condition it was in when it was delivered in 1916, which will require, among other things, a completely new cab. No. 47 is the identity given by the WLLR.