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===Sudan=== [[File:Sudan Dongola Class (4-8-0).jpg|thumb|Sudan Dongola Class 4-8-0, c. 1898]] Known as the Dongola Class, Cape 7th Class locomotives were also built for the Soudan Military Railway during [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Kitchener's]] campaign in Sudan. When he arrived in the territory in 1895, he built a railway strictly for military purposes. It ran parallel to the [[Nile|Nile River]] for nearly {{convert|200|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} from [[Wadi Halfa]] to the Third Cataract at [[Kerma]]. Another line was built from Wadi Halfa across {{convert|571|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} through the [[Nubian Desert]] to [[Atbarah]] and on to [[Khartoum]] to the south. For motive power, three Cape [[South African Class 7A 4-8-0|7th Class]] locomotives were ordered from [[Neilson and Company]] and delivered in 1897. These were followed by five more in two batches in 1898. The locomotives were initially not numbered, but named after places in Sudan.<ref name="Pattison 1"/>
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