The greatest concentration of Garratts in the world was
found in the southern half of Africa. Roland Beier has supplied these images
from South Africa, there are more from the other countries of this region on
a separate page. Only those classes which
survived 'late in the day' are shown here, if you have suitable pictures of
those classes not represented then do please
get in touch.
Garratts in South Africa were of two gauges 610mm (2') and
1067mm gauge (3'6"). The former included what were long considered the
last commercially produced ones although at least two more have since been
built for the Railway at the end of the World.
Firstly narrow gauge Garratts on what to become the Alfred
County Railway, between Port Shepstone and Harding. Five of these NGG16
locomotives are now on the Welsh Highland Railway in the UK - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Welsh_Highland_Railway_(Caernarfon)_rolling_stock.
NGG16-112 at Hlutankungu on 8th August 1979:
NGG16-150 at Braemar on 8th August 1979
On
the Cape Gauge while many SAR Garratts were built by Beyer Peacock, for
various reasons others were built by a range of other builders - North
British, Krupp, Linke Hoffman, Henschel, Hanomag and Maffei. The two
examples below were built by North British, as sub-contractors, ironic as
they were bitter rivals of Beyer Peacock in the export market.
GMAM 4099 at Oudtshoorn on 4th August 1979
GMAM 4102 at Voorbai on 3rd August 1979
