SAR Class GL Garratt Locomotive No.2351

South African Railways Class GL Garratt No.2351 climbs the grade
out of Magaliesburg on a mixed train for photographers on the
Trans-Limpopo Steam Safari 1991. (14th July 1991, South Africa)

SAR Class GL Garratt Locomotive No.2351 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 built by
Beyer-Peacock & Co. in 1929 (BP6531)

Working Pressure..................200psi
Driving Wheel Dia..................4 ft 0 in
Cylinders (4)...........................22 in x 26 in
Tractive Effort (75%)..............78650 lb
Valve Gear...............................Walschaerts
Coal.........................................12 tons
Water Front.............................4650 gallons
............Hind.............................2350 gallons
Weight.....................................211tons 1cwt
Length over couplers...........90ft 7 7/8in
Gauge.....................................3ft 6in

References:

The Garratt Locomotive
A site dedicated to the Beyer Garratt articulated Steam Locomotive.

http://users.powernet.co.uk/hamilton

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[issyroxfox]

my dad is in love with steamtrains he just put htis on for me that shows just how much he likes them when i was a bout four on our farm a train would go past and we would rush down and look at it going past and count the carrigies but then they stopped coming and the trucks are now our wheat transport

[ShaurntheSheep]

is this main line or a preserved line