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Namaqualand 0-6-2 Clara Class
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1890· class of 4 South African 0-6-2 locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Clara Class 0-6-2 no. 4 Clara: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Clara Class 0-6-2 no. 4 Clara 1950: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. Clara Class 0-6-2 no. 5 Marie: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Namaqualand 0-6-2 Clara Class of 1890 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. Between 1890 and 1898, four tender locomotives with a 0-6-2 wheel arrangement were placed in service by the Cape Copper Company on its two-foot six-inch gauge Namaqualand Railway between Port Nolloth and O'okiep in the Cape of Good Hope. Acquired to meet the traffic needs of the upper mountainous section of the railway, they became known as the Mountain type.
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 136 years ago, in 1890.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1890–1898
- in service from
- 1890
- number built
- 4
- 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
- 0-6-2 (Branchliner)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17077004, Wikipedia: Namaqualand 0-6-2 Clara Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.