Re: South Africa Steam Trains: Garratt Loco page updated

["Chris Pipes" <chris@cpipes.freeserve.co.uk>]

I can remember seeing the odd one around the UK system years ago (many years
ago). They were an impressive sight too!

Regards

Chris Pipes
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> > > ...
> > > > > > I suspect the largest concentration of Garratt locomotives in
the
> > > world
> > > > > > today is on the Alfred County Railway at Port Shepstone, Natal.
> > > Somewhere
> > > > > > in the region of 20 odd locomotives, mostly NGG16, although only
a
> > > couple
> > > > > > are runners.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I think not. Unsure of exact figure, but Alfred County cannot have
> as
> > > many
> > > > > as 20 Garratts at Port Shepstone. I doubt it is more than 10. And
> none
> > > are
> > > > > in working order.
> > > > >
> > > > > Bulawayo must have greatest concentration of Garratts. Around
eight
> > > still
> > > > > used each day on shunting duties around the city.
> > > >
> > > > I wouldn't count on it. According to the official Garratt Homepage
the
> > ACR
> > > has
> > > > 16 Garratts on site, of which 5 are runners. The others are mostly
> > stored
> > > at
> > > > Paddock, a couple are stored at Port Shepstone.
> > > >
> > > > SANSRAM in Krugersdorp has 14 Garratts of which but 3 are
> > > non-oprerational, and
> > > > all of those are off site.
> > > >
> > > > So, the largest collection of Garratts would apear to be the ACR,
but
> > the
> > > > largest collection of operational Garratts would be this SANSRAM
> place.
> > > >
> > > > For more details check out Gavin Hamilton's Garratt Page
> > > >
> > > > http://users.powernet.co.uk/hamilton/
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > I had included the ACR Garratts at Paddock in my guestimate.  The
> > Shepstone
> > > site cannot hold a huge number of locos and storing them on the coast
> with
> > > the salt air is not a good idea.
> > >
> > > Does the 16 Garratts include the ones they obtained from the old Ixopo
> > > branch a couple of years ago?  (I forget the name of the shed but
recall
> > the
> > > locos sat for many years after closure of the line by SAR).
> >
>
> Umzinto (spelling?) wasthe name I was looking for.
>
> > I would say so, they moved them all from the Ixopo line a couple of
years
> > ago.  Some went to Shepstone and some to Paddock.  I went to have a look
> but
> > the storage area at Paddock is also an army camp now, and they weren't
too
> > happy about me being in the area, let alone walking through their camp
to
> > see the locos.
> >
> > steamfreak
> >
> >
> >
>
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