Namaqualand 0-4-2IST Caledonia
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The Cape Copper Company 0-4-2IST Caledonia of 1904 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
In 1904, a single 0-4-2IST locomotive was placed in service by the Cape Copper Company as a shunting engine at O'okiep in Namaqualand in the Cape of Good Hope.[1]
The Namaqualand Railway was constructed between 1869 and 1876 by the Cape Copper Mining Company, restructured as the Cape Copper Company in 1888. The line from Port Nolloth on the West Coast to the copper mines around O'okiep was initially exclusively mule-powered, but in 1871 the first steam locomotives named John King and Miner were acquired by the mining company. They were followed between 1886 and 1888 by three [[Namaqualand 0-4-0WT Condenser|0-4-0WT condensing locomotives]] and between 1890 and 1901 by seven 0-6-2 Clara Class and Scotia Class Mountain type tender locomotives.[1][2]
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