the First World War, the German South West Africa colony was occupied by the Union Defence Forces. Since a large part of the territory's railway infrastructure and rolling stock was destroyed or damaged by retreating German forces, an urgent need arose for locomotives for use on the Cape gauge lines in that territory. In 1917, numbers 87 and 92 were transferred to the Defence Department for service in South West Africa. Both locomotives are believed to have returned to South Africa after the war. The locomotives were later transferred to the Cape Midland System, where they remained for the rest of their service lives. They were withdrawn from service and scrapped in 1937. References 1100 1100 4-6-4 locomotives 2C2 locomotives 4-6-4T locomotives Neilson Reid locomotives Cape gauge railway locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1902 1902 in South Africa Scrapped locomotives