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Otavi Mining and Railway Company

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for first and second class passengers. The passenger cars carried concrete ballast in a depressed center section to minimize the possibility of wind tipping a lightly loaded car off the rails. Express trains stopped only at designated stations, but other trains would stop at intermediate points when
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built twelve locomotives similar to the Jung design and three 0-6-0T. Twenty 8-wheel auxiliary tenders carrying 8 cubic metres of water and 3.5 tonnes (3.4 long tons; 3.9 short tons) of coal were built to enable these tank locomotives to complete longer runs. Henschel & Sohn built three
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2-8-2 locomotives in 1931. Four sleeping cars were built for the railroad in 1938; when Henschel & Sohn delivered three more 2-8-2 SAR NG15 Class. Fifteen more SAR NG15 Class 2-8-2 locomotives were delivered as three groups of five in 1949, 1952, and 1957. Purchase of additional
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in 1912 with separate 8-wheel tenders for long-distance running. These locomotives weighed 59 tonnes (58 long tons; 65 short tons) (including the 26-tonne (25.6-long-ton; 28.7-short-ton) tender) and remained in service for 50 years as the 2-8-2 type became standard for the railway.
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The Tsumeb mines closed in 1933. German rearmament activity reopened the mines from 1936 until the South African government closed the mine as enemy property in 1940. Tsumeb mines reopened again in 1946. The remainder of the line was
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to sweep the insects off the rails before their crushed bodies could reduce traction under the locomotive wheels. The worst flooding in forty years caused extensive washouts in 1925.
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line over the route to Karabib in 1915. German troops surrendered following defeat at Otavi in July, 1915; and service was re-established over the remaining
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gasoline engine gave the car a speed of 38 metres per second (120 ft/s) (137 km/h or 85 mph) and the title of the fastest
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An executive business car with a kitchen, a bathroom, and an office convertible to a bedroom at night. There were also some self-powered
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By 1913, train service included 4 express trains, 14 mixed trains, and 29 freight trains each week. Express and mixed trains included a
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Six more Henschel & Sohn 2-8-2 were delivered in 1922. These locomotives were designated South African Railways (SAR)
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delivered a 4-6-2 in 1916. A coach converted for meal service from 1916 to 1931 is believed to be the only
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A special 7-tonne (6.9-long-ton; 7.7-short-ton) rail motor coach was built for an anticipated visit of
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Andrews, Dick (1991). "Extra Narrow Gauge Junction: Otavi Ry., State Northern Ry. in South Africa ".
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Two Henschel & Sohn 4-6-2 locomotives built in 1914 had disappeared during the war; but
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with a coal bunker, a mail compartment, 2 compartments for Europeans, and 4 for Africans.
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locomotives were used from 1927 until 1933. Henschel & Sohn delivered three
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The Otavi line was nationalized in 1923. Train service was interrupted by a
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The first locomotives designed for regular service were fifteen 22-
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was briefly considered in 1958 but cancelled due to the upcoming
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operations. A 91-kilometer branch was completed in 1908 from
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infestation in 1924 until steam nozzles were installed on
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Andrews, Dick (1991). "Extra Narrow Gauge Junction".
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from 1905 of the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in
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Non-renewable resource companies established in 1900
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railway extending 567 kilometres (352 mi) from
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Index

Track gauge
3 ft 6 in
600 mm
Minimum radius
Legend
Walvis Bay
Swakop
Swakopmund
Arandis
Usakos
Khan River
Windhoek
Omaruru
Kalkfeld
Outjo
Otjiwarongo
Otavi
Tsumeb
German South West Africa
Namibia
Berlin
Disconto-Gesellschaft
South West Africa Company

600 mm
narrow gauge
Swakopmund
Atlantic
mines
Tsumeb

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