The Otavi Mining and Railway Company (Otavi Minen- und Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft or OMEG) was a railway and mining company in German South West Africa (today's...
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Rail transport in Namibia (redirect from Railway stations in Namibia)
(state railway) from Swakopmund to Windhoek. By 1902 the line was completed. Parallel to this government initiative the Otavi Mining and Railway Company (O...
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1922 in South Africa (section Railway lines opened)
Railway Company. Six narrow gauge Class Hb 0-6-2 tank and tank-and-tender locomotives, acquired between 1905 and 1908 for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company...
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Hoba meteorite. Kegelite Tsumeb Otavi Mining and Railway Company Hoba meteorite German book: Die Geschichte der OTAVI MINEN AG 1900-2000, Eschborn, 2000...
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South African Class NG15 2-8-2 (redirect from South African Railways NG15 class)
designed by the South African Railways (SAR) and built by Henschel and Son for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company. The company operated the 352-mile long...
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the Otavi Mining and Railway Company with a design speed of 137 km/h (85 mph). Curve radius is also important for high speeds: narrow-gauge railways allow...
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Mexicano Aerolínea del Estado Mexicano Bank of Namibia NamWater Otavi Mining and Railway Company TransNamib Namibian Broadcasting Corporation De Nederlandsche...
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1931 in South Africa (section Railway lines opened)
Railways (SAR): A single light Class NG G14 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt locomotive. Three 2-8-2 Mikado locomotives for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in...
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South West African Jung (category 600 mm gauge railway locomotives)
locomotive from the German South West Africa era. In 1904, the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in German South West Africa acquired fifteen 0-6-2T locomotives...
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(State Railway) from Swakopmund to Windhoek. By 1902 the line was completed. Parallel to this government initiative, the Otavi Mining and Railway Company (O...
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gauge. The Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South West Africa (now Namibia) were transferred to the 2 ft gauge railways in South Africa and currently...
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land and a monopoly over mining in the region. In return, the company undertook the building of a railway from Swakopmund to the mines at Otavi. The company's...
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which have ceased operations are included and noted as defunct. Downtown Windhoek. Otavi Mining and Railway Company. An Air Namibia Boeing 747-400. List of...
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Germans who built the Otavi Line used the metric system while the South Africans used imperial units. Operated from 1903–1926 and then re-gauged to Cape...
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South West African Class Ha (category 600 mm gauge railway locomotives)
acquired ten Class Ha 0-6-2T locomotives for lease to the Otavi Mining and Railway Company. Only one of these locomotives survived the First World War...
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BHP Nevada Railroad (category Mining railways in the United States)
Copper Electric Railway: a copper ore railway in Idaho Mansfeld Mining Railway: a copper ore railway in Germany Otavi Mining and Railway Company: a copper ore...
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TransNamib (redirect from Trans-Namib Railway)
African Class 33-400 Otavi Mining and Railway Company "About Us". transnamib.com.na. Retrieved 14 August 2024. "NAMIBIAN WASHAWAYS". Railways Africa. Retrieved...
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industrial and mining heritage. Otavi Mining and Railway Company: a copper ore railway in German South West Africa White Knob Copper Electric Railway: a copper...
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supplied to German South West Africa between 1904 and 1908. In 1904, the Otavi Mining and Railway Company acquired fifteen tank locomotives from Arnold Jung...
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South West African Class Hc (category 600 mm gauge railway locomotives)
to the Otavi Mining and Railway Company. Two more entered service in 1910 and 1911, and a sixth was acquired new by the South African Railways in 1923...
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0-6-0 (section Tank and tank-tender locomotives)
narrow gauge Otavi Mining and Railway Company. One more entered service in 1910, and another was obtained by the South African Railways in 1929. In 1911...
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South West African Class Hb (category 600 mm gauge railway locomotives)
Hb and numbered in the range from 51 to 65. The locomotives were leased to the Otavi Mining and Railway Company, who operated the narrow gauge Otavi Railway...
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Slippery rail (category Transport and the environment)
operations on the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South-West Africa (modern Namibia) in 1924. The loss of friction between wheels and rail results in...
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throughout German South West Africa and southern Angola. He worked as a director for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company and was co-founder of the town Grootfontein...
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South West African Class Hd (category 600 mm gauge railway locomotives)
with a 2-8-2 "Mikado" wheel arrangement, for lease to the Otavi Mining and Railway Company to use on the line from Swakopmund to Karibib. When these locomotives...
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copper ore railway in Nevada Mansfeld Mining Railway: a copper ore railway in Germany Otavi Mining and Railway Company: a copper ore railway in Namibia...
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Usakos (section Economy and infrastructure)
in 1903 to the Otavi Minen- und Eisenbahngesellschaft (Otavi Mining and Railway Company) (OMEG) which operated an industrial railway line from Swakopmund...
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and workshop for the line from Swakopmund to Tsumeb, an industrial narrow-gauge line operated by the Otavi Minen- und Eisenbahngesellschaft (Otavi Mining...
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the Otavi Mining and Railway Company, he traveled to German Southwest Africa, where he spent several years conducting studies on the geology and ore deposits...
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Steam railcar (section Trinidad and Tobago)
Mauritius Government Railways purchased a steam railcar from Kerr, Stuart and Company. In 1907, the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in German South West...
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