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The Class NG15 2-8-2 narrow gauge steam locomotive was designed by the South African Railways (SAR) and built by Henschel and Son for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company. The company operated a 352 miles (566 kilometres) narrow gauge line across the Namib Desert from Swakopmund on the Atlantic coast to Tsumeb and Grootfontein in South West Africa (SWA, now Namibia). The first three locomotives were delivered in 1931, numbered 17 to 19, followed by three more in 1939, numbered 117 to 119.
Ten more of these locomotives were built for the Otavi line by Société Franco-Belge and delivered in two batches of five in 1950 and 1953, numbered 120 to 124 and 132 to 136 respectively.
In 1958 five more of these locomotives, once again built by Henschel, were delivered to the Tsumeb Copper Corporation, numbered TC1 to TC5, for use by the SAR in terms of an agreement between the SAR and the Corporation.
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