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Diesel locomotives at Kosti, Sudan in 2008. In the 1950s Sudan Railways began replacing their steam locomotives with diesel locomotives and by the early 1960s had replaced all of the trains on their main lines. Steam locomotives continued to be used by Sudan Railways on lines with lighter weight rails. [15] [7] A number of South African diesel ...
The 15th class was a development of the RR 16th class 2-8-2+2-8-2 Garratts, to meet a requirement for a locomotive with a larger driving wheel diameter for higher speed train service on the more level parts of the railway. After examining the Sudan Railways 250 class, the RR settled on a design with the same wheel arrangement and the same 57 ...
Pages in category "Steam locomotives of Sudan" ... Sudan Railways Dongola Class This page was last edited on 20 September 2012, at 09:53 (UTC). ...
The Sudan Railways 250 class was a class of ten 4-6-4+4-6-4 Garratt locomotives. It was one of only two classes of "Double Baltic" Garratts. – the other class being the Rhodesia Railways 15th class. The ten locomotives were built in two batches by Beyer, Peacock & Company in 1936–1937.
Steam locomotives of Sudan (7 P) This page was last edited on 20 January 2017, at 05:52 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Ex Sudan Railways 250-259. Acquired 1949, ... Steam Locomotives of Rhodesia Railways – The story of Steam 1892-1979. Frank Stenvalls Forlag, Malmö, Sweden.
The new locomotives were intended to be available for use on various 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge railways operated by the Sudan, Nigerian, Gold Coast, Belgian Congo, French Ocean Congo and Rhodesian Railways, depending upon the course of the World War II battles in North Africa. Unlike the 220 class, which burned coal, the new locomotives were ...
The locomotive operated passenger trains on the preserved Great Central Railway in Leicestershire during the late 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s but is now out of running order. The locomotive was placed on long-term loan for static display at Barrow Hill Engine Shed , near Chesterfield , in 2005, where she currently resides.