Refreshing the beast
East African Railway Garratt no.5902 takes on bunker oil and water at Voi, roughly midway through its journey from Mombasa to Nairobi - December 1976.
Built by Beyer Peacok in Manchester in 1955, 5902 was named 'Ruwenzori Mountains'.
At 252 tons, the 59 class were the largest steam locomotives to ever operate over metre gauge tracks and by the time of this photograph were the largest steam locos left operating in the world.
They took over the title from the New South Wales AD60 Garratts in early 1973 - but the 264 ton AD60s were standard gauge..
Refreshing the beast
East African Railway Garratt no.5902 takes on bunker oil and water at Voi, roughly midway through its journey from Mombasa to Nairobi - December 1976.
Built by Beyer Peacok in Manchester in 1955, 5902 was named 'Ruwenzori Mountains'.
At 252 tons, the 59 class were the largest steam locomotives to ever operate over metre gauge tracks and by the time of this photograph were the largest steam locos left operating in the world.
They took over the title from the New South Wales AD60 Garratts in early 1973 - but the 264 ton AD60s were standard gauge..