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Otavi Mining and Railway Company

Index Otavi Mining and Railway Company

The Otavi Mining and Railway Company (Otavi Minen- und Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft or OMEG) was a railway and mining company in German South West Africa (today's Namibia). [1]

40 relations: Atlantic Ocean, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Berlin, Boxcar, Daimler-Benz, Dining car, Disconto-Gesellschaft, Feldbahn, Garratt, German South West Africa, Gondola (rail), Grootfontein, Henschel & Son, Herero and Namaqua genocide, Locomotive, Locust, Mining, Namibia, Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette, Narrow-gauge railway, Otavi, Passenger car (rail), Slippery rail, South African Class NG G13 2-6-2+2-6-2, South African Class NG15 2-8-2, South African Class NG5 2-8-2, South West Africa Company, South West African Class Hd, Stock car (rail), Swakopmund, Swakopmund–Windhoek line, Tank car, Track gauge conversion, Train, TransNamib, Tsumeb, Two-foot-gauge railways in South Africa, Welsh Highland Railway, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, World War I.

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Baldwin Locomotive Works

The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1956.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.

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Boxcar

A boxcar is a North American railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight.

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Daimler-Benz

Daimler-Benz AG was a German manufacturer of motor vehicles and internal combustion engines, which was founded in 1926.

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Dining car

A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (British English), also a diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant.

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Disconto-Gesellschaft

The Disconto-Gesellschaft (full name: Direction der Disconto-Gesellschaft), with headquarters in Berlin, was founded in 1851.

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Feldbahn

A Feldbahn, or Lorenbahn, is the German term for a narrow-gauge field railway, usually not open to the public, which in its simplest form provides for the transportation of agricultural, forestry (Waldbahn) and industrial raw materials such as wood, peat, stone, earth and sand.

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Garratt

A Garratt (often referred to as a Beyer Garratt) is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated into three parts.

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German South West Africa

German South West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1919.

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Gondola (rail)

In US railroad terminology, a gondola is an open-topped rail vehicle used for transporting loose bulk materials.

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Grootfontein

Grootfontein (Large Spring after the nearby hot springs) is a city of 23,793 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia.

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Henschel & Son

Henschel & Son (Henschel und Sohn) was a German company, located in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons.

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Herero and Namaqua genocide

The Herero and Nama genocide was a campaign of racial extermination and collective punishment that the German Empire undertook in German South West Africa (now Namibia) against the Ovaherero and the Nama.

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Locomotive

A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.

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Locust

Locusts are certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia (German:; Republiek van Namibië), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean.

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Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette

Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette, subtitled Accurate Information for Fine Modelbuilding, is a magazine published bimonthly (every two months) in the United States.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.

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Otavi

Otavi is a town of 4,000 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia.

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Passenger car (rail)

A passenger car (known as a coach or carriage in the UK, and also known as a bogie in India) is a piece of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers.

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Slippery rail

Slippery rail or low railhead adhesion, is a condition of railways (railroads) where contamination of the railhead causes trains to experience less adhesion (grip).

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South African Class NG G13 2-6-2+2-6-2

The South African Railways Class NG G13 2-6-2+2-6-2 of 1927 was a narrow gauge articulated steam locomotive.

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South African Class NG15 2-8-2

The South African Railways Class NG15 2-8-2 of 1931 was a narrow-gauge steam locomotive.

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South African Class NG5 2-8-2

The South African Railways Class NG5 2-8-2 of 1922 was a narrow-gauge steam locomotive.

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South West Africa Company

The South West Africa Company Limited (German: Südwestafrikanische Gesellschaft) was a majority British owned and controlled company established under English law on August 18, 1892 in German South West Africa, the present day Namibia.

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South West African Class Hd

The South West African Class Hd 2-8-2 of 1912 was a narrow gauge steam locomotive from the German South West Africa era.

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Stock car (rail)

In railroad terminology, a stock car, cattle car or cattle wagon (British English) is a type of rolling stock used for carrying livestock (not carcasses) to market.

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Swakopmund

Swakopmund (German for "Mouth of the Swakop") is a city on the coast of western Namibia, west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road.

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Swakopmund–Windhoek line

The Swakopmund–Windhoek line was a main narrow-gauge railway line in Namibia.

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Tank car

A tank car (International Union of Railways (UIC): tank wagon) is a type of railroad car (UIC: railway car) or rolling stock designed to transport liquid and gaseous commodities.

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Track gauge conversion

Gauge conversion is the change of one railway track gauge to another.

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Train

A train is a form of transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally runs along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers.

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TransNamib

TransNamib is the railway State-owned enterprise of Namibia.

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Tsumeb

Tsumeb (Otjiherero name: Okavisume) is a city of 15,000 inhabitants and the largest town in Oshikoto region in northern Namibia.

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Two-foot-gauge railways in South Africa

At the beginning of the 20th century, narrow-gauge railway lines started playing a significant role in South Africa.

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Welsh Highland Railway

The Welsh Highland Railway (WHR) or Rheilffordd Eryri is a long, restored narrow gauge heritage railway in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, operating from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, and passing through a number of popular tourist destinations including Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass.

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Wilhelm, German Crown Prince

Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst, 6 May 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the eldest child of the soon-to-be German Emperor Wilhelm II and his wife Empress Augusta Victoria, and the last Crown Prince of the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otavi_Mining_and_Railway_Company

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