#1006
Namaqualand 0-6-2 Scotia Class
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1900· class of 6 South African 0-6-2 locomotives
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Scotia Class 0-6-2 no. 10 Cambria: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Scotia Class 0-6-2 a: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. Scotia Class 0-6-2 b: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 4. Scotia Class 0-6-2 no. 12 Canada: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 5. Scotia Class 0-6-2 no. 9 Hibernia or no. 10 Cambria: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cape Copper Company 0-6-2 Scotia Class of 1900 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. Between 1900 and 1905, six more Mountain type 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. Later described as the Scotia Class, they were similar to the earlier Clara Class locomotives, but with shorter boilers, longer fireboxes and larger firegrates.
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 126 years ago, in 1900.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1900–1905
- in service from
- 1900
- number built
- 6
- 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 Q17077016, Wikipedia: Namaqualand 0-6-2 Scotia Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.