Namaqualand Railway
The Namaqualand Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway operating between Port Nolloth and O'okiep in the Namaqualand region of the former Cape Colony in South Africa. It was originally a mule-drawn railway built to provide an outlet for the copper mines of the region. Constructed between 1869 and 1876, the railway was 93+1⁄2 miles (150 kilometres) long, with an additional 8 miles purely associated with the copper mine workings. Although owned by the Cape Copper Company, the railway always operated as a public railway. The Namaqualand Railway finally closed in 1944.
0-4-00-6-21869 in South Africa1871 in South Africa1886 in South Africa1890 in South Africa1900 in South Africa1944 in South Africa2 ft 6 in gauge railwaysAbraham FitzgibbonCGR 0-4-0ST 1873Cape Town Railway & Dock 0-4-2Carl Abraham PihlList of South African locomotive classesList of abandoned railway lines in South AfricaList of horse-drawn railwaysNamaqualandNamaqualand 0-4-2IST CaledoniaNamaqualand 0-4-2ST PioneerNamaqualand 0-4-2T BritanniaNamaqualand 0-6-2 Scotia ClassOkiepPort_NollothSouth_African_Class_25_4-8-4South African Class NG7 2-6-0South African locomotive historyThomas Hall (railway engineer)Walvis Bay 2-4-2T Hope
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The Namaqualand Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway operating between Port Nolloth and O'okiep in the Namaqualand region of the former Cape Colony in South Africa. It was originally a mule-drawn railway built to provide an outlet for the copper mines of the region. Constructed between 1869 and 1876, the railway was 93+1⁄2 miles (150 kilometres) long, with an additional 8 miles purely associated with the copper mine workings. Although owned by the Cape Copper Company, the railway always operated as a public railway. The Namaqualand Railway finally closed in 1944.
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