Garratt at Sandstone

A re edit of some of the footage taken of the Sandstone Estates railway in South Africa during the Zambezi Express tour with the Railway Touring Company in 2007.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Garratt
• South
• Africa
• Sandstone
• Estate

[JimTLonW6]

Pretty impressive sight (and sound!)

[ralph5407]

@JimTLonW6 Thanks Jim.

[noelist]

Doh! thats me distracted, a best of the best I suspect, can't resist a garratt, thanks for that.

[ralph5407]

@noelist Thanks, there is more like this way back in my list, but this has been brought up to date with the correct screen aspect and at a higher quality.

[Garrattpower]

Saw 153 on a misty morning at Harding in 1982....great memories! 

[ralph5407]

@Garrattpower We are very lucky to have three running on the Welsh Highland Railway, less that 100 miles from where I live, so I can see them working regularly.

[hennef53]

Well known sounds since ACR-times.

[ralph5407]

@robmasterman Thanks Bob, that load was quite heavy and the gradient there I believe is in the region of 1 in 30. The WHR Garratts are just not driven that hard.

[ralph5407]

@howarth004 Thanks, they certainly are great little locos, but less of the old, that one I think is some 10 years younger than me.

[howarth004]

Those old Garrats where something special