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The Namaqualand 0-6-0T of 1871 are two South African steam locomotives from the pre-Union era in the Cape Colony.In 1871 two 2 feet 6 inches (762 millimetres) gauge tank locomotives with a 0-6-0 wheel arrangement 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 Colony.
