Recently I've been desperately trying to cast my mind back to watching a TV programme documentary about a railway in Africa (I think) that was still running steam locos. The railway used outside framed Henschels, Alcos and Baldwins, similar in appearance and general layout to D&RGW K-27s.
These things ran on oil if I remember right, and had to take loads of water along with them just to survive the journey through the desert. The trains were mixed freight, obviously including passenger cars. The locos were quite often double headed, and I think during one part of the programme, one of the steamers developed a mechanical fault and had to be dragged until they reached the next depot, where it was substituted for another loco.
I'd really like to find out which railway that was so if anyone has any information, please post it! I'll be looking it up myself, and if I come across any more I'll post it here. :thumb:
These things ran on oil if I remember right, and had to take loads of water along with them just to survive the journey through the desert. The trains were mixed freight, obviously including passenger cars. The locos were quite often double headed, and I think during one part of the programme, one of the steamers developed a mechanical fault and had to be dragged until they reached the next depot, where it was substituted for another loco.
I'd really like to find out which railway that was so if anyone has any information, please post it! I'll be looking it up myself, and if I come across any more I'll post it here. :thumb: