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Namaqualand 0-4-2T Britannia
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Dick, Kerr & Co.· from 1905· class of 1 South African 0-4-2T locomotive
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CCC 0-4-2T Britannia a: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. CCC 0-4-2T Britannia b: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. CCC 0-4-2T Britannia c: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Copper Company 0-4-2T Britannia of 1905 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1905, a single 0-4-2 tank locomotive was placed in service by the Cape Copper Company as a shunting engine at Port Nolloth in the Cape of Good Hope.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 121 years ago, in 1905.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905
- in service from
- 1905
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Dick, Kerr & Co.
- designer
- Dick, Kerr & Company
- operators
- Cape Copper Company, South African Copper Company, O'okiep Copper Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 762 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2T (Olomana)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15378625, Wikipedia: Namaqualand 0-4-2T Britannia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.