▁Company ▁ 0 - 4 - 0 WT ▁Cond enser ▁of ▁ 1 8 8 6 ▁was ▁a ▁South ▁African ▁steam ▁locomot ive ▁from ▁the ▁pre - Union ▁era ▁in ▁the ▁Cape ▁of ▁Good ▁Hope . ▁ ▁Between ▁ 1 8 8 6 ▁and ▁ 1 8 8 8 , ▁three ▁well - t ank ▁cond ens ing ▁locomot ives ▁with ▁a ▁ ▁wheel ▁arrangement ▁were ▁placed ▁in ▁service ▁by ▁the ▁Cape ▁Co pper ▁M ining ▁Company ▁on ▁its ▁two - foot ▁six ▁in ch ▁gauge ▁N ama qu aland ▁Railway ▁between ▁Port ▁N oll oth ▁and ▁O ' ok ie p ▁in ▁the ▁Cape ▁of ▁Good ▁Hope . ▁They ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁cond ens ing ▁steam ▁locomot ives ▁to ▁enter ▁service ▁in ▁South ▁Africa . ▁ ▁N ama qu aland ▁Railway ▁The ▁N ama qu aland ▁Railway ▁was ▁constructed ▁between ▁ 1 8 6 9 ▁and ▁ 1 8 7 6 ▁by ▁the ▁Cape ▁Co pper ▁M ining ▁Company , ▁rest ruct ured ▁as ▁the ▁Cape ▁Co pper ▁Company ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 8 . ▁The ▁ ▁railway ▁from ▁Port ▁N oll oth ▁on ▁the ▁West ▁Coast ▁to ▁the ▁co pper ▁mines ▁around ▁O ' ok ie p ▁was ▁initially ▁exclus ively ▁m ule - power ed , ▁but ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁two ▁ 0 - 6 - 0 T ▁locomot ives ▁named ▁John ▁King ▁and ▁Min er ▁were ▁acquired ▁by ▁the ▁min ing ▁company ▁on ▁an ▁experimental ▁basis . ▁Their ▁use ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁restricted ▁mainly