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Namaqualand 0-4-0WT Condenser
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1886· South African steam locomotive
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Cape Copper NG T198 0-4-0: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. CCC 0-4-0T Condenser: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. CCC 0-4-0T Condenser & Tender: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Copper Mining Company 0-4-0WT Condenser of 1886 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. Between 1886 and 1888, three 0-4-0WT condensing locomotives were placed in service by the Cape Copper Mining Company on its 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Namaqualand Railway between Port Nolloth and O'okiep in the Cape of Good Hope. They were the first condensing steam locomotives to enter service in South Africa.
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 140 years ago, in 1886.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1886–1888
- in service from
- 1886
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- designer
- Kitson and Company
- operators
- Namaqualand Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 762 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17076963, Wikipedia: Namaqualand 0-4-0WT Condenser (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.