Sena Sugar (Heeresfeldbahn) 0-8-0T No. 2 (HF945)
Solms-Oberbiel, Hessen, Germany 		Location: Feld-und Grubenbahnmuseum Fortuna
Status: Operational
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Posted: Oct 22, 2023 @ 09:10:08 by Achim
Used by the Heeresfeldbahn in the area of the Western Front from 1916. In the 1920s, the locomotive, along with over a dozen other brigade locomotives, came to Mozambique to the Sena Sugar Estate sugar cane factory, which used the locomotives on its Luabo sugar cane plantation. There the locomotive was assigned the company number 2. Until civil war broke out in Mozambique in 1974, the locomotive was last used on the Marromeu sugar plantation, now known as No. 19. In 1998, an English railway friend bought the brigade locomotives that were parked in Mozambique. After their arrival in England, some locomotives were sold on to private individuals or clubs. This also applies to the HF 945 to Germany. The HF 945 came to the Fortuna Field and Mine Railway Museum (FGF) in Solms in 2003.