Tags: Locomotive.
The Namaqualand 0-6-2 Clara Class of 1890 is a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape Colony.Between 1890 and 1898 four tender locomotives with a 0-6-2 wheel arrangement were placed in service by the Cape Copper Company on its two foot six inch gauge Namaqualand Railway between Port Nolloth and O’okiep in the Cape Colony. Acquired to meet the traffic needs of the upper mountainous section of the line they became known as the Mountain type.
