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Kenya Railways Diesel locomotives Trevor Heath, Graham Roberts and Iain Mulligan |
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| Then and now - contrasting diesel and steam scenes thirty years apart. A new 93 Class, possibly 9317, and a 29 Class steam engine at Nairobi Steam Shed (left) PHOTO - Kevin Patience. | |||
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In 2005, double headed freight for Uganda passes the preserved and recently out-shopped former EAR&H 30 Class 3020 Nyaturu (right) PHOTO - Trevor Heath |
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| 71 Class 7105 at Nairobi (left) - PHOTO - Trevor Heath - contrasts with 72 Class 7204 (right) at a typical wayside station where traders hawks their wares along the train. PHOTO - Graham Roberts | |||
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| Kenya Railways now has a much more North American image as portrayed by 92 Class 9214 backing on to its train at Nairobi (left) and by 93 Class 9306 heading a west bound freight towards Nakuru (right). PHOTOs - Graham Roberts | |||
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| 93 Class 9392 and a 92 Class lead a fright train from Eldoret and Nakuru into Nairobi yard (left). A pair of 62 Class diesels at Nairobi's old steam shed with its water crane now devoid of its hose (right) PHOTOs - Graham Roberts. | |||
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| Abandoned 87 Class 1-C0-C0-1 8701, formerly a 90 Class when introduced in 1960. The Pioneering 79 Class - 7901, Explorer in the Nairobi Railway Museum - PHOTOs Trevor Heath | |||
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| A 71 Class attacks the gradient in 1992 (right) PHOTO - Kenya Railways. Back in 1992 a pair of 62 Class head a freight train reminiscent of BR Freghtliner livery of the the mid 60s (right) PHOTO - Kenya Railways | |||
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| 93 Class locomotives at the head of container trains - 9323 heads a container train through a Highland station (left) and 9326 (right) PHOTOs - Kenya Railways | |||
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| 93s at work on passenger trains near Nairobi PHOTOs - Kenya Railways | |||
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| 7204 with its rake of Swedish coaches and brake van at Naro Moru PHOTO Iain Mulligan | |||
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A more detailed description of many of the diesels featured here appears on Trevor Heath's Kenya Diesels |
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