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===Angola=== ====Cape gauge==== [[File:CFB Class 6 22.jpg|thumb|Ex CGR 6th Class No. 218, CFB No. 22, at Benguela on 12 August 1972]] In 1907, five 6th Class locomotives of the [[Cape Government Railways]] were sold to the {{RailGauge|3ft6in|allk=on}} [[Benguela railway|Benguela Railway]] (CFB). These included one of the [[Dübs and Company|Dübs]]-built [[South African Class 6A 4-6-0|locomotives of 1897]] and two each of the [[Neilson and Company]] and [[Neilson and Company#Turn of the 20th century|Neilson, Reid and Company]]-built [[South African Class 6B 4-6-0|locomotives of 1897 and 1898]].<ref name="Holland 1"/> (Also see [[:en:4-6-0#South Africa|South Africa - Cape gauge]]) In the mid-1930s, in order to ease maintenance, modifications were made to the running boards and brake gear of the CFB locomotives. The former involved mounting the running boards higher, thereby getting rid of the driving wheel fairings. This gave the locomotives a much more American rather than British appearance.<ref name="Talk">[[:Talk:South African Class 6B 4-6-0#Content of email received from Peter Bagshawe on 9 Jul 2011|Class 6B - Information supplied by Peter Bagshawe]]</ref><ref>British Overseas Railways Historical Trust, Journal No. 8 & 9</ref> ====Narrow gauge==== In April 1951, three [[South African Class NG9 4-6-0|Class NG9]] locomotives were purchased from the South African Railways for the [[Moçâmedes Railway|''Caminhos de Ferro de Moçâmedes'']] (CFM). They were placed in service on the ''Ramal da Chibía'', a {{RailGauge|600mm|lk=on}} gauge branch line across {{convert|116|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} from [[Lubango|Sá da Bandeira]] to [[Chiange]]. The locomotives were observed dumped at the Sá da Bandeira shops by 1969 and the branch line itself was closed in 1970.<ref name="Paxton-Bourne"/><ref name="Bagshawe">[[:Talk:South African Class NG9 4-6-0#Content of email received from Peter Bagshawe on 26 August 2011|Class NG9 - Information supplied by Peter Bagshawe]]</ref> (Also see [[:en:4-6-0#South Africa|South Africa - Narrow gauge]])
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