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===Cape of Good Hope=== [[File:Walvisbaai 2-4-2T.jpg|thumb|[[Walvis Bay 2-4-2T Hope|The engine ''Hope'']], c. 1948]] In 1899, the Walvis Bay Railway in the British territory of [[Walvis Bay]], a Cape of Good Hope [[Enclave and exclave|exclave]] in ''[[Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika]]'' (German South West Africa), placed a single tank locomotive in service. The [[Walvis Bay 2-4-2T|engine, named ''Hope'']] and built by [[Kerr, Stuart and Company]], remained in service until 1904 when operations on the railway were suspended. The line was abandoned in 1905, partly as a result of being buried by a sandstorm.<ref name="SAR&H Jan 1948">Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1948). ''The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways (Continued).'' South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, January 1948. p. 32.</ref><ref name="Dulez 150">{{Dulez 150|page=379}}</ref>
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