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The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij 18 Tonner 0-6-0ST of 1890 is a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Transvaal. In 1890 the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal Republic) placed six saddle-tank locomotives with a 0-6-0 wheel arrangement in service on construction work. Since the railway classified its locomotives according to their weight, these locomotives were known as the 18 Tonners. ==The Delagoa Bay line== In order to have an outlet to a harbour, a railway line from Delagoa Bay in Mozambique to Pretoria had been proposed to the Volksraad of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) by President F.T. Burgers as far back as 1872. The Portuguese supported the idea since it would open a trade route from Mozambique into the interior. In 1883 Major Joachim Machado was sent to the Transvaal to report on a proposed route through the Komati river and Crocodile river valleys towards the Highveld and Pretoria. The resulting agreement was for the Portuguese to construct the section from Delagoa Bay (now Maputo) to the border at Komatipoort, while the ZAR would be responsible for the continuation of the line to Pretoria.〔The South African Railways - Historical Survey (Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd, Circa 1978, pp. 18-20.)〕 The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM) was established on 21 June 1887 and proposed to construct two lines simultaneously. One was a railway line from Johannesburg to Boksburg, which became known as the Randtram line. The other was the first section of the Delagoa Bay line from the Mozambique border via Nelspruit to Pretoria.〔〔 The Randtram line was officially opened on 17 March 1890. The Portuguese line from Delagoa Bay had already reached the border on 14 December 1887, but the first train from Delagoa Bay only entered Komatipoort on 1 July 1891 when the NZASM’s contractors completed the bridge across the Komati river. The line from Komatipoort to Nelspruit was completed by 20 June 1892. Waterval Boven was reached on 20 June 1894 and Balmoral near Witbank on 20 October 1894, where connection was made with the line that had simultaneously been built eastwards from Pretoria.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NZASM 18 Tonner 0-6-0ST」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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