Namaqualand (Khoikhoi: "Nama-kwa" meaning Nama Khoi people's land) is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over...
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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...
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service by the Cape Copper Company on its 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Namaqualand Railway between Port Nolloth and O'okiep in the Cape Colony. Acquired to...
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Namaqualand Railway Namaqualand 0-4-0WT Condenser Namaqualand 0-4-2IST Caledonia Namaqualand 0-4-2ST Pioneer Namaqualand 0-4-2T Britannia Namaqualand...
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a shunting engine at Port Nolloth in the Cape of Good Hope. The Namaqualand Railway was constructed between 1869 and 1876 by the Cape Copper Mining Company...
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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...
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Company as a shunting engine at O'okiep in Namaqualand in the Cape of Good Hope. The Namaqualand Railway was constructed between 1869 and 1876 by the...
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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...
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1871 in South Africa (section Railway lines opened)
to enter service on the hitherto mule-powered Namaqualand Railway between Port Nolloth and the Namaqualand copper mines around O'okiep in the Cape Colony...
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1869 in South Africa (section Railways)
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius. September 4 – The first rails of the Namaqualand Railway is laid. 2 October – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist and politician...
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Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines (1st ed.). Stenvalls. pp. 8–15. ISBN 978-91-7266-179-0. Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa...
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1886 in South Africa (section Railway lines opened)
Cape Copper Mining Company on its 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge Namaqualand Railway between Port Nolloth and O'okiep in the Cape Colony. They are the...
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to enter service on the hitherto mule-powered Namaqualand Railway between Port Nolloth and the Namaqualand copper mines around O'okiep in the northwestern...
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to enter service on the hitherto mule-powered Namaqualand Railway between Port Nolloth and the Namaqualand copper mines around O'okiep in the Cape Colony...
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1898 in South Africa (section Railway lines opened)
31st December, 1909. Bagshawe, Peter (2012). Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines (1st ed.). Stenvalls. ISBN 978-91-7266-179-0. Holland...
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This is a worldwide list of horse-drawn railways, an early form of rail transport that utilised horses and other similar animals to pull rail cars. Horses...
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1890 in South Africa (section Railway lines opened)
the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869772112. Bagshawe, Peter (2012). Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines...
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2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies...
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1900 in South Africa (section Railway lines opened)
Namaqualand Railway between Port Nolloth and O'okiep. Transvaal Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the Imperial Military Railways (IMR):...
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1889 in South Africa (section Railway lines opened)
Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 182, ref. no. 200954-13 Bagshawe, Peter (2012). Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines...
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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...
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List of South African locomotive classes (category Railway locomotive-related lists)
(IMR) Kowie Railway Metropolitan & Suburban Railway (M&S) Namaqualand Railway (CCC & NCC) Natal Government Railways (NGR) Natal Railway Company (NRC)...
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Port Nolloth (category Namaqualand)
Port Nolloth is a town and small domestic seaport in the Namaqualand region on the northwestern coast of South Africa, 144 kilometres (89 mi) northwest...
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bridges and culverts of the railway built to transport the ore to Port Nolloth, can still be seen. The Namaqualand Railway started operating in 1876 and...
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closed or dismantled railway lines in South Africa since 1910. The list is primarily intended to document South African Railways (government) or private...
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1876 in South Africa (section Railway lines opened)
Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 181, ref. no. 200954-13 Bagshawe, Peter (2012). Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines...
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Pretoria, 28 November 1932 Bagshawe, Peter (2012). Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines (1st ed.). Stenvalls. pp. 25–28, 35–40. ISBN 978-91-7266-179-0...
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1873 in South Africa (section Railway lines opened)
Timeline 1658-present Bagshawe, Peter (2012). Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines (1st ed.). Stenvalls. ISBN 978-91-7266-179-0. Holland...
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opened to traffic on 23 April 1889. Braakpits Junction was on the Namaqualand Railway of the Cape Copper Company, which ran from Port Nolloth on the West...
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South African Class 25 4-8-4 (redirect from South African Railways Class 25)
were placed in service by the Cape Copper Mining Company on its Namaqualand Railway, a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge line between Port Nolloth and O'okiep...
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