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===Mozambique=== [[File:Beira Ry BR7 (4-4-0) SAR Class NG6 b.JPG|thumb|left|Restored [[South African Class NG6 4-4-0|Beira Railway Falcon F2]]]] Between 1895 and 1898, [[Pauling & Company]] placed 42 [[South African Class NG6 4-4-0|Falcon F2 and F4]] 4-4-0 tender locomotives in service on the {{RailGauge|2ft}} [[narrow gauge]] railway which was being constructed for the Beira Railway in [[Mozambique]]. They were supplied in six batches by [[Brush Traction|Falcon Engine & Car Works]] in England and the [[Dugald Drummond|Glasgow Railway Engineering Company]] in Scotland.<ref name="Paxton-Bourne">{{Paxton-Bourne|pages=15-18, 103-104}}</ref><ref name="Enigma">Baxter, Antony. ''The Two Foot Gauge Enigma'' (1st ed.). Plateway Press. pp. 37-45 & Appendix V. {{ISBN|1-871980-34-8}}.</ref><ref name="Pattison 2">Pattison, R.G. (2005). ''Thundering Smoke'', (1st ed.). Sable Publishing House. {{ISBN|0-9549488-1-5}}</ref> In service, these locomotives were nicknamed ''Lawleys'' after the Beira Railway construction subcontractor. The construction of the last batch of ten F4 locomotives was subcontracted by Falcon to the Glasgow Railway Engineering Company in Scotland and these were consequently often referred to as the ''Drummond F4''.<ref name="Paxton-Bourne"/><ref name="Enigma"/><ref name="Pattison 2"/><ref name="Mardell">Railway Modelling Scene, South Africa, May/June 1985, article written by Neill Mardell</ref> The Falcon F4 was larger and heavier than the earlier F2, with a tractive effort that was increased from the {{convert|3000|lbf|kN|1|abbr=off}} of the F2 to {{convert|3987|lbf|kN|1|abbr=off}} at 75% boiler pressure. It could haul {{convert|180|LT|t|1|abbr=off}} up the ruling gradients, compared to the {{convert|160|LT|t|1|abbr=off}} that the F2 could manage.<ref name="Enigma"/>
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