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Steam traction engine Martin Luther

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Steam traction engine Martin Luther

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    July 3, 2023

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    The locomobile had been brought from Germany to Namibia by Edmund Troost, a lieutenant in the Schutztruppe, to speed up the construction of the railway line through the Namib. Due …
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    June 11, 2024

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    The machine was intended to speed up the transport of materials for the construction of a railway line through the Namib. Due to its heavy weight, the steam traction engine regularly sank in the desert sand on its way from the port to the planned location and had to be made operational again through laborious salvage work. ...
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