RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) Thanks for that Roger, I enjoyed the read. Have you seen this photo from Limuru station on the Kenyan side. On my list of "scenes I'd like to model if life was longer". Edited April 28, 2023 by Mikkel Image reinstated 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 A rather endearing loco. It amuses me that the crews were provided with luxurious tender-cab protection (from the sun, presumably, though I guess lions might be an issue) whereas in Europe the poor blighters had to endure sun, wind, sleet, rail, hail and the travelling public with no more than a bare weather sheet for much of the early history of the railways. and who’d be a brakeman sitting in a tiny comfortless cubicle atop a wagon or coach on many European lines? “my postillion has been struck by lightning” atb Simon 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) I wonder what class it is, haven't been able to find out yet. It's obviously in the early days. Edit: Ah, here we go, this from a caption found on the web, publication not clear: Edited February 7, 2021 by Mikkel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham R Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 On 20/12/2020 at 15:18, Florence Locomotive Works said: A slightly obscure question sir. Did the book(s) make any mention of what is pictured below? Said picture is a John Fowler & Co (Leeds) B5 traction engine, constructed for Uganda railways. I ask as the internet seems devoid of any information on it. There was also another engine, identical to this one, however it was armored for some reason. Douglas Here are a few images ... The two traction engines with Uganda Railway trailers at Limuru, between Nairobi and the Rift valley escarpment, during construction of the line in the 1890s: The armoured one (I assume) as UR No 3 at Mau, on the Nakuru-Kisumu section: and the lightweight one after hitting a soft spot somewhere near Elburgon: Finally here is the remains of a Marshall engine (presumably originally owned by the railway) at Kisumu in2005. It fell victim to a scrap drive a couple of months later. Hope that's of interest regards Graham 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Graham R said: Here are a few images ... The two traction engines with Uganda Railway trailers at Limuru, between Nairobi and the Rift valley escarpment, during construction of the line in the 1890s: The armoured one (I assume) as UR No 3 at Mau, on the Nakuru-Kisumu section: and the lightweight one after hitting a soft spot somewhere near Elburgon: Finally here is the remains of a Marshall engine (presumably originally owned by the railway) at Kisumu in2005. It fell victim to a scrap drive a couple of months later. Hope that's of interest regards Graham Thank you Graham, that was fantastic. Where on Earth did you find them? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 On 07/02/2021 at 06:33, Mikkel said: Thanks for that Roger, I enjoyed the read. Have you seen this photo from Limuru station on the Kenyan side. On my list of "scenes I'd like to model if life was longer". Love the picture, no I had not seen it before. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 The Great Depression and the Coming War ... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/18/the-kenya-and-uganda-railways-and-harbours-the-great-depression-and-years-of-argument 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted February 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2021 Thanks for that Roger. Quite interesting, and thanks for including the economic (and environmental) context. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 The Sugar Factory Branches off the Kisumu Line An on-line acquaintance has recently pointed out that the tenth article in this series about the Uganda Railway is incomplete in that it omits to cover two branch-lines which serve Sugar Cane Mills/Factories. I have returned to the trip along the Uganda Railway to complete the omitted part of the story - that of the Chemelil and Miwani Sugar Factory Branches. ........ On the final approaches to Kisumu the line passed through a significant sugar cane growing region. Sugar processing factories were set up in two locations along the line - Chemelil and Miwani. Both these locations were provided with short branch-line connections to the main Nakuru to Kisumu line. https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/03/24/uganda-railways-part-10a-west-of-nakuru-sugar-factory-branches-on-the-approach-to-kisumu 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted March 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2021 Thank you Roger. The station buildings at Chemelil and Miwani are so modellable! Fingers itching... The photo of Miwani led me to this rather unusual film project: https://lastdanceinkaloleni.co.ke/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 This is the last post based around the book by M.F. Hill which was published in 1949, just as the Tanganyika and Kenya/Uganda networks became one organisation. It cover the Second World War and the few years immediately after. ..... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/03/29/the-kenya-and-uganda-railways-and-harbours-the-second-world-war-and-after 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 At the insistence of the Governor of Uganda an independent novel rail system was tried out in the early 1920s. The trial resulted in the building of a line between Kampala and Bombo which operated during the middle years of that decade. Ultimately, the system failed and it was closed well before the end of the decade. https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/04/03/the-kampala-to-bombo-railway This was a project run by the Direct Works department of the protectorate/colony and was not part of the much wider network of "The Uganda Railway" which stretched from Mombasa on the coast of Kenya to Kampala and eventually on the Kasese in the West of Uganda. I discovered this line when I came across it in an article by Henry Lubega. I have discovered quite a bit more about the design philosophy since then. The system used for the line, the Stronagh-Dutton Roadrail System, is referred to elsewhere – particularly in “Narrow Gauge Steam … and other railway curiosities, Volume 1,” a ‘bookazene’ published by Kelsey Publishing and in a relatively short publication by the Narrow Gauge Society. At first look, it seems quite an ingenious idea – removing the weight of the locomotive from the rails enabled much lighter rails to be used. In practice, however a whole series of factors rendered the idea impracticable. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) July 2021's Narrow Gauge World has a short article about the possible spend of 327 million Euros to refurbish metre gauge lines in Uganda. Edited July 16, 2021 by rogerfarnworth 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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