Metre-Gauge Beyer-Garratt 4-8-4 + 4-8-4 for the Kenya & Uganda Railways
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These engines are the first in the world to have this wheel arrangement
and the largest 50-lb. rail locomotives ever built. "THE RAILWAY GAZETTE, July 21, 1939" Video ! Australian Narrow-Gauge Garratt at work Video ! Beyer Garratt Locomotives Round The World - Queensland |
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Just one of these twelve engines has survived until today. Dec. 02 Michael Schachinger went on a trip to the Nairobi Railway Museum to visit one of the most important and successful Garratt gigants of the world: "Karamoja" BP 6974/1940 Nr 87 of the Kenya Uganda Railway download GoogleEarth marker: Karamoja home: Nairobi Railway Museum !new! download all 200 picts of Karamoja |
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200 detail-picts and 260 Beyer-Peacock drawings made it possible to
reconstruct the 4-8-4 + 4-8-4 Metre-Gauge Beyer-Garratt 1:22,5 G-scale see/download "making of MENGO" 1:22.5 Mengo is the winner of the Vienna model contest 2006 |
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