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Namaqualand 0-6-0T
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Lilleshall Company· from 1870· class of 2 South African 0-6-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Namaqualand Railway mule train: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Namaqualand 0-6-0T of 1871 were two South African steam locomotives from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1871, two 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge 0-6-0T locomotives were placed in service by the Cape Copper Mining Company. They were the first steam locomotives to enter service on the hitherto mule-powered Namaqualand Railway between Port Nolloth and the Namaqualand copper mines around O'okiep in the northwestern 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 156 years ago, in 1870.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1870–1871
- in service from
- 1871
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Lilleshall Company
- designer
- Lilleshall Company
- operators
- Cape Copper Mining Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 762 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17076989, Wikipedia: Namaqualand 0-6-0T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.