Photo courtesy of Patrick Horton.
Patrick's final locomotive picture
is another 0-4-0 under construction.
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Photo courtesy of Patrick Horton.
I believe the above turntable is
the one shown in Colin Garrat's book,
Legends of Steam shown below and not the one near the passenger
station (next one down).
Photo all rights reserved by Colin Garrat
I don't remember the engine house being near the turntable below.
I would find it rather unusual to have two turntables in the so near to
one another.
Reading Far Wheels would make one question the need for the
turntable. According to Far
Wheels, the locomotives had to run the same way up and down the
mountain to keep water in the proper place on the boiler. Unfortunately
for the author, there are photographs on this site showing the locomotives
pointed up the hill and pointed down the hill.
Photo courtesy of Patrick Horton.
Photo courtesy of Mebrat Tzehaie and Hans van der
Splinter
Photo courtesy of Patrick Horton.
It is interesting to compare the gondola in the picture from Patrick
(above) with that from Tom (below). The former was taken over 35
years after the one below.
Photo courtesy of Tom Johnson
Patrick travels the world taking
pictures. You can see more of his pictures on his Eritrea
page.
Photo all rights reserved by Colin Garrat
These little Mallet locomotives are probably the most delightful on
the line. It makes me sad that I did not actively pursue taking pictures
of the line in operation. I am sure there was at least one die-hard
railfan that took a lot of pictures during the approximately 35 years the
US Army operated Kagnew Station.
The above two pictures come from Visafric
They were originally produced for Eritrean Television.
I am fairly certain the worker in the top picture is building the locomotive
below.
Six out of eleven steam locomotives have been rebuilt. Two diesel
locomotives were able to be rebuilt and this has been completed.
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