One of them is still serviceable nowadays (2022). The problem is that there is no more money to buy coal and oil, not to speak about paying the crew...
As a child living in ‘Rhodesia’ I travelled from Umtali to Beira for my annual holiday at the sea in one of these trains. Seemed to take forever and stopped at every little siding along the way. Engine driver ‘Portuguese’ stopped at sunrise drew a bucket of hot water and had a shave before continuing on to Beira ..... we kids played alongside the tracks whilst he shaved.
When I lived in Zambia we used to travel to 'Rhodesia' on Zambia Rail's Garratt's. As kids we used to call them "Puffer Bellies". Thank you KochersbergTV for the memories.
@@pannady I'd rather suppose it's not regulated at all (like, 'whatever you like,, on your own responsibility for any injuries, if happened.. if everyone don't mind')) (look at those chaotically joined passenger-to-freight-to-passenger wagons))
What's wonderful about these videos is that they're clear and steady and nicely edited but also that there''s no meaningless, soppy music added; it's just the sounds of the country and the engine and the tracks. I LOVE the huffing and puffing at 9:45.
Thank you for this incredible memory throwback to 1987. My father was seconded to ZESA - Zimbabwe's Electricity supply authority at Wankie A and B. I had the guid fortune to be his eldest son and had two memorable sojourns to Zimbabwe, Zambia , Botswana and South Africa - in Apartheid days - not good !! I travelled from TJ to Bulawayo thence to Jo'burg, To PE via the Algoa Bay express and to CapeTown and back via The Trans Karoo xpress then the International train to Bulawayo. An experience I will never forget...ever !! I was invited at 3am in the morning after a braai to present myself at the Wankie Coilliery offices for a footplate ride I would never forget at 6.30am.... I had just stepped off an NRZ footplate ride from TJ to Vic Falls and back on the mail train … how ???? I have never forgotten Africa …. I have never stopped loving Zimbabwe and its incredible people …. I have never been so sad too see the bread basket … the most beautiful, the most successful country and the most loving, trusting, caring people so sadly taken and dumped, raped and left for dead. I cry frequently for my heart is always in Zimbabwe - be it at Wankie, Vic Falls - boiling pot, Kariba, Chinoi, Inyanga - my favourite, the Vumba, Chimanimani, the beautiful Birchenough bridge, the absolutely stunning GREAT ZIMBABWE, Cecil Rhodes grave in the Matopas and the totally breath taking Hwange National Park. I have been so blessed to know this great country and so want it to rise again - to feed Africa and be its centre- its pivot - its heart !! That's how much I love this great country and its incredible people
Once the red soil of Africa has got in your blood you will never be rid of it. I too am of Rhodesia and am so sad to see how it has suffered due the moral and ethical corruption of the leaders. One day it will flower again for all its inhabitants to enjoy. For me in the eastern highlands, Leopard Rock Hotel and Troutbeck Inn are great along with the tremendous views from the Roof of the World lookout.
Wow. Trip along Memory lane. In 1974 I was a Fire Man on Rhodesia Railways. I worked out of Bulawayo, on these Garratt locomotives. Thanks for the fun.
When I was growing up in Zambia we called these Garratts 'Puffer Bellies' I remember riding in them from Monze to Livingstone, lots of cinders and a whole lot of fun. Thanks for the memories.
I,grew in LIVINGSTONE, went to CORRONATION PRIMARY SCHOOL, to St.RAPHES,SECONDARY then to LINDA SECONDARY SCHOOL, MOSI-OA-TUNYA LIVINGSTONE PARKS, MOSI-OA-TUNYA, MOSI-OU-TUNYA TUNYA HOTEL,RAINBOW LODGES,LIVINGSTONE RAILWAY 🛤 STATION ,SOLOWESI ,LIVINGSTONE MUSIUM, AIRPORT, DAVID LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE,👉Twhalumbe, Chabwino, Zikhomo 🇿🇲
I once drove a Garrat 15 Class from Vic Falls to Wankie with a full passenger load back in '74 - when I was just eleven years old (you heard right), along with a stoker named Chivassa - the actual driver was back in the dining car playing cards with the chief steward and the conductor. I actually had to emergency halt the train to allow Rhodesian Army sappers to remove Russian landmines from the tracks somewhere up near the escarpment coming out of the Zambezi valley. My son and I just watched this and he had tears in his eyes as I explained everything to him (I was born an orphan in Bulawayo). What is truly bizarre is he has just reached the age where he is allowed to read my autobiography "Acid Alex" and only yesterday started reading about his "grandfather" Sandy ... the driver of that train and the incredible human who taught me everything about being a man and then trusted me with all our lives on that auspicious day ... in an immeasurably beautiful piece of Africa where misery and war have never ended. Utterly Astonishing! Look at this Sandy!!! The old girls are still running!! Amazing what pops up on RUclips feeds randomly.
Does not matter where in the world it is, or what kind of train, the people riding them always seem to smile and wave. Maybe trains bring out the friendly in everyone! Greetings from California.
Great video my father used to work for NRZ for many years, good to see some of the trains still running. Hopefully we can get back to the glory days soon enough.
My friend started his apprenticeship in former Rhodesia. I look forward to showing him these and he’s always reminiscing about his youth. Is great to see the skill is still alive keeping these beautiful old girls going
Thank you for this video! My mom worked for UNESCO in the 70s and was an avid photographer. She passed years ago and I got all her photos, but almost none of them are labelled. Quite a few are of trains and autos in either Africa or the Middle East. The trains in this video match what's in some of the photos, which helps place where she took them. So cool to see them still running!!!
Absolutely Superb, brings back a lot of fond memories as I have traveled throughout South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the late 70' and 80's as a young kid and teenager with my father....used to love the steam driven sections, especially the 25 Class locos and of course the Garratts :-)
Magnificent footage of these old puffing monsters. Especially at Vic Falls! I remember them from my childhood being used in the mountainous sections around Worcester in South Africa.
these are some of the best videos I cannot stop watching in my life. I really loved travelling by train all my life. too sad my kids will never share the experiences I had
In Poland we have historic trains running for events. In my region theres two historic steam engines one for anniversary of first transport to german death camp Auschwitz and one recreational travelling to Beskid's mountains
Great video! The sounds and scenery take me back to watching the "Mountain" Class 59 Garratts on the E.A.R. & H. although they were oil-burners and fitted with ejectors.
Reminds me of my years in Wankie, working at Wankie Colliery in the mid seventies. We had 19 class Garrats, my friend Peter Wells maintained the locos. In June 1972 at No. 2 Colliery underground desaster 240 people died. The mine was then closed and we started No. 4 Colliery opencast mine, a new railway line was build from No.2 via No.3 Colliery to No.4 Colliery. We had to cross traditional elephant paths, part of the line ran on an embankment crossing elephants path. There were several encounters with upset elephants, well elephant met elephant you could say. Never had an accident though. But the annoying thing was jumbo went up the embankment on one side sat on its backside and and slid down on the other side, eroding embankment, we forever had to shore up the embankment. It was a fun time working on the mine. Always a pleasure to think back!
The scene at Victoria Falls has always been my go-to vision of Africa, whenever I think of the place. The first thing I would want to do/go if I ever get there.
The garratts and mallets(like the big boys) were built to solve a similar problems, steep gradients and tight curves. They both had different advantages and disadvantages but the Americans chose the mallet type over the garratt.
Another one of your awesome videos ending with the Garrat on the magnificent bridge overlooking Victoria Falls. It certainly brings back many pleasant memories of a safari I did ending at the superb British Colonial Victoria Falls Hotel right outside the railway station where I was allowed onto the footplate. And of course your capture of those spectacular Victoria Falls with the Garrat is a great bonus.
In1950’s I was about 8or9 on most Sundays we used to go to Nairobi Railway station specially to see the magnificent machines long live EAR&H l salute you for the sweet memories of my child hood
These Loco's where built at the end of my street ,I live in Gorton Manchester UK and my Grandfather worked at Beyer Peacock as a steam hammer operator ..
I remember 414 in blue livery, it took us from Bulawayo to the border at Plumtree where a Botswana loco took us to Mafikeng, and a SAR loco to Jo'burg. This was 25 years ago. Steam was still in regular service in Zimbabwe. In fact, now that I think about it, I've managed travel behind steam from Cape Town to Victoria Falls. Ah, memories.
At 3.03 the engine chugs enthusiastically saying “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can .....” at 6.16 he is tired and reaching the destination says “I thought I could, I thought I could, hsss...,”. At 8.18 he is saying “I think I can hss hss..”
Thats a very small load for a Garrett given the cost of running these very large locomotives, in Australia other than restored Garretts pulling steam train enthusiasts in passenger carriages, I believe they were only used for heavy coal and freight haulage. Great machines but costly to run and maintain properly. Thanks for the wonderful video!
A good depict of my old memories when steam driven trains used to rule in India and in every such journey I and my brothers used to have small coal particles eventually drop on our eyes painfully as we preferred to seat widow-side seats. But, today after seeing so much dark clouds of Carbon-dioxide emission or what not, that it throws out, I am happy as they are gone for good. ... Bye Bye ... steam engines ... i love you, but in my sweet memories !
My dad worked on Bulawayo station in the 50s. I remember the garrets well. Especially the delivery of the 20th class. I stood on the footplate of one soon after it arrived.
When I was a kid in the 1950s I saw Garratts working in Western Australia but they were disposed of by 1970,scrapped or sold off,great to see in action.
Love the way this particular train looks, I wish we got more interesting models in O guage but it seems like the really oddball ones are extremely expensive.
The locos and coaches are in pristine condition. Like in the UK before Steam traction was run down. I salute the staff of National Railways of Zimbabwe. Everyone of them deserves a medal of Honour for true customer service!
There is a locomotive of this in the museum is in the old central station of the Recife - brasil as far as I know is the only one of this model in South America I took some photos there
I am completely at wow to think of how amazing and powerful steam engines were/are. I just love the hissing sound, sound more personal especially @09:40. It's so sad all these engines are now in a desolate state.
Including the poorly fired, black smoking exhaust? These Firemen are not worthy of the name; they are untrained, uneducated people, each of whom assume that by piling more coal in the firebox, they will create more steam. Wrong!
Love the garret loco's its cool to know that these trains have seen survive since the 50's, Firstly with the Rhodesian Railways, then with Zimbabwe Railways. the rod knock is of concern lets hope they maintain them so insure there existence for the future!
Great video! The drivers are such poseurs though. All that black smoke should be light grey for max efficiency of the boiler. As for leaving the steam cocks open all the time! I know, I used to drive these locos out of Bulowayo (BLR) in the mid 70s.
I am guessing they are not running the best coke either, hence the black smoke. When I was young, I had an interest in steam locomotive and was told they were getting a lot of low quality coal, that did not burn well.
Pardon my utter ignorance, but is this a working train, or a nostalgia run? I suppose that in Zimbabwe it is the former, but perhaps someone can give a definitive comment on that?
+RockyRailroad Productions That's a Thumbs Up for Manchester's Engineering skills. The UK Government and the Finance Capitalist (Rentier) Elite does not give a damn but the rest of the world recognises this:-) Cheers:-)
Got a photo of me as a kid standing next to one of these (bulawayo Express) at Victoria Falls Hotel station, right at the front, some valve opened and a huge jet of steam came out scared me half to death. Great times, fondly remembered.
The term “preservation” isn’t heard often in any African country but in this instance they had these in a secluded storage area. As Zimbabwe slowly imploded after Mugabe, the money wasn’t there for a lot of things and a couple of the old steam engines were put to work. The country has not maintained its infrastructure in any way and now they’re dealing with sewage mixing in their drinking water. These old Garrets are an amazing example of what high quality really is.
Its a typical example of the use of own ressources. As coal is produced in the own country , but diesel is to be imported , so it is plain logical that one uses the steam locos instead of diesel locos. Another problem is maintenance and spareparts. For the steamlocos the infrastructure and the spareparts can be made locally. For the diesel , they have to be imported. As Zimbabwe has hiperinflation , foreign currency is practically not existing for statehold goods like railways etc.
The hyperinflation came to an end with the Z$100,000,000,000,000 notes. The Bank of Zimbabwe ordered Z$200,000,000,000,000 notes from the same German banknote printers but the printers demanded hard currency so as Zimbabwe didn't have any that was the end. The US dollar became the legal tender currency.
@@algrayson8965 I was there for 3 months in 1982, you could get massive discounts for paying in £ cash back then, and I crossed the bridge at Victoria falls into Zambia where they only wanted to be paid in Zimbabwe dollars! I 1st saw Garratts in commercial use at the falls its amazing what they could pull on narrow gauge and tight turns.
Garrats still going strong, excellent video! Only the cylinder drain valves should be closed shortly after start to drain the condensed water in the cylinders, not kept open the whole run! And the black smoke should only show up when they put fresh coals on the fire, unless they feed banana peels!
The standard gauge in Southern Africa is 3 foot 6 versus 4 foot 81/2 in Europe and US - so the Garret's weight distribution and articulation made them ideal for this narrow gauge
From time to time. Not on a regular basis. At the time of writing one 15A seems serviceable and a 16 might be available soon. The dramatic economical situation in Zimbabwe does not really allow to be be more precise.
es increible que aun sigan en pie estas maravillosa locomotoras articuladas me encantan las máquinas a vapor pues parecen estar vivas comen carbón y agua y cobran vida del reportaje solo puedo decir que es un placer para la vista
Had no idea Garratt articulated steam locomotives were still in service as of 2015. Thank you for making this video.
One of them is still serviceable nowadays (2022). The problem is that there is no more money to buy coal and oil, not to speak about paying the crew...
As a child living in ‘Rhodesia’ I travelled from Umtali to Beira for my annual holiday at the sea in one of these trains. Seemed to take forever and stopped at every little siding along the way. Engine driver ‘Portuguese’ stopped at sunrise drew a bucket of hot water and had a shave before continuing on to Beira ..... we kids played alongside the tracks whilst he shaved.
Thank you for this nice piece of history.
When I lived in Zambia we used to travel to 'Rhodesia' on Zambia Rail's Garratt's. As kids we used to call them "Puffer Bellies". Thank you KochersbergTV for the memories.
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I'm pretty sure that it's allowed to smoke inside the those vagons. :) nice
@@pannady I'd rather suppose it's not regulated at all (like, 'whatever you like,, on your own responsibility for any injuries, if happened.. if everyone don't mind')) (look at those chaotically joined passenger-to-freight-to-passenger wagons))
A pal from Scotland - Joe Strachan from Inverurie - worked on these lines for many years. Good to see this nostalgic video.
What's wonderful about these videos is that they're clear and steady and nicely edited but also that there''s no meaningless, soppy music added; it's just the sounds of the country and the engine and the tracks. I LOVE the huffing and puffing at 9:45.
Thank you for this incredible memory throwback to 1987. My father was seconded to ZESA - Zimbabwe's Electricity supply authority at Wankie A and B. I had the guid fortune to be his eldest son and had two memorable sojourns to Zimbabwe, Zambia , Botswana and South Africa - in Apartheid days - not good !! I travelled from TJ to Bulawayo thence to Jo'burg, To PE via the Algoa Bay express and to CapeTown and back via The Trans Karoo xpress then the International train to Bulawayo. An experience I will never forget...ever !! I was invited at 3am in the morning after a braai to present myself at the Wankie Coilliery offices for a footplate ride I would never forget at 6.30am.... I had just stepped off an NRZ footplate ride from TJ to Vic Falls and back on the mail train … how ???? I have never forgotten Africa …. I have never stopped loving Zimbabwe and its incredible people …. I have never been so sad too see the bread basket … the most beautiful, the most successful country and the most loving, trusting, caring people so sadly taken and dumped, raped and left for dead. I cry frequently for my heart is always in Zimbabwe - be it at Wankie, Vic Falls - boiling pot, Kariba, Chinoi, Inyanga - my favourite, the Vumba, Chimanimani, the beautiful Birchenough bridge, the absolutely stunning GREAT ZIMBABWE, Cecil Rhodes grave in the Matopas and the totally breath taking Hwange National Park. I have been so blessed to know this great country and so want it to rise again - to feed Africa and be its centre- its pivot - its heart !! That's how much I love this great country and its incredible people
What a glowing review, I too hope it rises from the ashes, fingers crossed I’ll be visiting Victoria Falls next year in December
Once the red soil of Africa has got in your blood you will never be rid of it. I too am of Rhodesia and am so sad to see how it has suffered due the moral and ethical corruption of the leaders. One day it will flower again for all its inhabitants to enjoy.
For me in the eastern highlands, Leopard Rock Hotel and Troutbeck Inn are great along with the tremendous views from the Roof of the World lookout.
Wow. Trip along Memory lane. In 1974 I was a Fire Man on Rhodesia Railways. I worked out of Bulawayo, on these Garratt locomotives. Thanks for the fun.
25:18 - 25:57 That scenery with the Garratt steaming along the bridge and the rainbow being there is just so beautiful.
If you remove the black smoke then I'd might agree, but otherwise beautiful is a stretch in my book.
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When I was growing up in Zambia we called these Garratts 'Puffer Bellies' I remember riding in them from Monze to Livingstone, lots of cinders and a whole lot of fun. Thanks for the memories.
I,grew in LIVINGSTONE, went to CORRONATION PRIMARY SCHOOL, to St.RAPHES,SECONDARY then to LINDA SECONDARY SCHOOL, MOSI-OA-TUNYA LIVINGSTONE PARKS, MOSI-OA-TUNYA, MOSI-OU-TUNYA TUNYA HOTEL,RAINBOW LODGES,LIVINGSTONE RAILWAY 🛤 STATION ,SOLOWESI ,LIVINGSTONE MUSIUM, AIRPORT, DAVID LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE,👉Twhalumbe, Chabwino, Zikhomo 🇿🇲
I once drove a Garrat 15 Class from Vic Falls to Wankie with a full passenger load back in '74 - when I was just eleven years old (you heard right), along with a stoker named Chivassa - the actual driver was back in the dining car playing cards with the chief steward and the conductor. I actually had to emergency halt the train to allow Rhodesian Army sappers to remove Russian landmines from the tracks somewhere up near the escarpment coming out of the Zambezi valley.
My son and I just watched this and he had tears in his eyes as I explained everything to him (I was born an orphan in Bulawayo). What is truly bizarre is he has just reached the age where he is allowed to read my autobiography "Acid Alex" and only yesterday started reading about his "grandfather" Sandy ... the driver of that train and the incredible human who taught me everything about being a man and then trusted me with all our lives on that auspicious day ... in an immeasurably beautiful piece of Africa where misery and war have never ended.
Utterly Astonishing! Look at this Sandy!!! The old girls are still running!!
Amazing what pops up on RUclips feeds randomly.
Absolutely fascinating story, thanks for sharing your memories of your experiences in Rhodesia, and of these brilliant engines.
Does not matter where in the world it is, or what kind of train, the people riding them always seem to smile and wave. Maybe trains bring out the friendly in everyone! Greetings from California.
as kids we all loved trains
yeah, there is no traffic
Me a 30yr old man, still waves at passing freight train drivers.
It's because they don't know better.🦊🚬
Yes, I agree with you
My childhood memory has been came back through this video. Love that steam engine sound. Nothing comparison with it. A deep respect from India.
Great video my father used to work for NRZ for many years, good to see some of the trains still running. Hopefully we can get back to the glory days soon enough.
Top video. Great angles & scenery.
That engine sounds so fine.
Thank you for uploading it.
More vids from you. See you again.
My friend started his apprenticeship in former Rhodesia. I look forward to showing him these and he’s always reminiscing about his youth. Is great to see the skill is still alive keeping these beautiful old girls going
then i apologise to inform you, but it has dwindled since this was filmed, and also dwindled since you commented.
I love that the people on the train are waving to you. That's such a friendly and fun gesture of them.
is an universal gesture if you go in a train all the people all over the world shake their hands, especially if the loco is steam
Thank you for this video! My mom worked for UNESCO in the 70s and was an avid photographer. She passed years ago and I got all her photos, but almost none of them are labelled. Quite a few are of trains and autos in either Africa or the Middle East. The trains in this video match what's in some of the photos, which helps place where she took them. So cool to see them still running!!!
Absolutely Superb, brings back a lot of fond memories as I have traveled throughout South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the late 70' and 80's as a young kid and teenager with my father....used to love the steam driven sections, especially the 25 Class locos and of course the Garratts :-)
I knowed Zimbabwe. This an amazing and excellent job. Thanks for all TV team. Congratulations from Cordoba city, Argentine.
Great to see a garrett still in working order after seventy years.
A great achievement by the maitainance crew working in very difficult conditiions.
Lindo demais esse trem negro.
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最後のザンベジ川のシーンはPCの壁紙にしたいくらいです、美しい！。私は以前（３０年ほど前）にビクトリアフォールズタウンのキャンプ場に滞在し、毎日ビクトリア滝を見に行っていました。残念ながら、そのときは列車を見ませんでした。雨季明けだったので滝の水量はかなりありました。
私の人生でも、アフリカの数カ月の旅はとても良い思い出です。ブラワヨはYWCAに宿泊させてもらいました。
アフリカで列車に乗ったのはタザラ鉄道のみでしたが、アフリカらしい自然の中で良い列車の旅でした。
良い動画をありがとう！！
Magnificent footage of these old puffing monsters. Especially at Vic Falls! I remember them from my childhood being used in the mountainous sections around Worcester in South Africa.
Brilliant video! I really enjoyed this one!
these are some of the best videos I cannot stop watching in my life. I really loved travelling by train all my life. too sad my kids will never share the experiences I had
+Moses Juma Hello Moses! Did you receive my calendar?
There are plenty of preservation societies in the U.K. Look out for them where you live. good luck.
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In Poland we have historic trains running for events. In my region theres two historic steam engines one for anniversary of first transport to german death camp Auschwitz and one recreational travelling to Beskid's mountains
Bet there not sad lol
Great footage, beautiful sound!
Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱.
Superb video ! 👍🏻
Awesome work
Great video! The sounds and scenery take me back to watching the "Mountain" Class 59 Garratts on the E.A.R. & H. although they were oil-burners and fitted with ejectors.
Reminds me of my years in Wankie, working at Wankie Colliery in the mid seventies. We had 19 class Garrats, my friend Peter Wells maintained the locos. In June 1972 at No. 2 Colliery underground desaster 240 people died. The mine was then closed and we started No. 4 Colliery opencast mine, a new railway line was build from No.2 via No.3 Colliery to No.4 Colliery. We had to cross traditional elephant paths, part of the line ran on an embankment crossing elephants path. There were several encounters with upset elephants, well elephant met elephant you could say. Never had an accident though. But the annoying thing was jumbo went up the embankment on one side sat on its backside and and slid down on the other side, eroding embankment, we forever had to shore up the embankment. It was a fun time working on the mine. Always a pleasure to think back!
I would love to visit Africa one day. The scenery in this video is spectacular.
The scene at Victoria Falls has always been my go-to vision of Africa, whenever I think of the place. The first thing I would want to do/go if I ever get there.
Kochersberg, The most fantastic Railroad video I've ever seen in my life. Good job!
I love to see these videos of Garrett locomotives, wonder why we never had them here in the USA.
The garratts and mallets(like the big boys) were built to solve a similar problems, steep gradients and tight curves. They both had different advantages and disadvantages but the Americans chose the mallet type over the garratt.
Another one of your awesome videos ending with the Garrat on the magnificent bridge overlooking Victoria Falls. It certainly brings back many pleasant memories of a safari I did ending at the superb British Colonial Victoria Falls Hotel right outside the railway station where I was allowed onto the footplate. And of course your capture of those spectacular Victoria Falls with the Garrat is a great bonus.
Trainhopping in Africa must be great adventure. Nice video.
Great footage.I must say the railbed is much better maintained then I would of expected.with excellent looking ballest
Es gibt kaum tollere Maschinen wie die Garrats. Und hier,im Dampflokreservat Südafrika sind sie sehr gut aufgehoben. Ich liebe sie. Super Aufnahmen
Aber den Dreck welchen sie rausblässt 😮.
Und ich bin keiner der Heikel ist 😅.
Erzähl denen mal das sie elektrisch fahren sollen 😂😂😂😂😂
I have just come across this video,magnificent photography of a timeless classic locomotive. Thankyou😊
By the way, great film. One of my favorites on RUclips.
In1950’s I was about 8or9 on most Sundays we used to go to Nairobi Railway station specially to see the magnificent machines long live EAR&H l salute you for the sweet memories of my child hood
R u from India probably gujarati ?
These Loco's where built at the end of my street ,I live in Gorton Manchester UK and my Grandfather worked at Beyer Peacock as a steam hammer operator ..
Finally a video in HD!!! fantastic
Thank you for your comment. Just in case, I also published videos in 4K...some in HDR.
I remember 414 in blue livery, it took us from Bulawayo to the border at Plumtree where a Botswana loco took us to Mafikeng, and a SAR loco to Jo'burg. This was 25 years ago.
Steam was still in regular service in Zimbabwe.
In fact, now that I think about it, I've managed travel behind steam from Cape Town to Victoria Falls. Ah, memories.
thanks I loved the video what a tremendous effort you made
Tenho 65 anos ,nunca vi uma locomotiva igual a está das imagens,fiquei apaixonado. Saudações do Brasil.
Existe tambem no Brasil. Há uma no museo ao lado do estação em Recife.
At 3.03 the engine chugs enthusiastically saying “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can .....” at 6.16 he is tired and reaching the destination says “I thought I could, I thought I could, hsss...,”. At 8.18 he is saying “I think I can hss hss..”
Great video. I love steam and coil....
It's Always good to see these giants in action.Thanks for an excellent film.
Great clip. Everything looks pretty good, clean.
pollution it generates doesn't look that clean lol
Thats a very small load for a Garrett given the cost of running these very large locomotives, in Australia other than restored Garretts pulling steam train enthusiasts in passenger carriages, I believe they were only used for heavy coal and freight haulage.
Great machines but costly to run and maintain properly.
Thanks for the wonderful video!
I like your style of making a video. :)
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A good depict of my old memories when steam driven trains used to rule in India and in every such journey I and my brothers used to have small coal particles eventually drop on our eyes painfully as we preferred to seat widow-side seats. But, today after seeing so much dark clouds of Carbon-dioxide emission or what not, that it throws out, I am happy as they are gone for good. ... Bye Bye ... steam engines ... i love you, but in my sweet memories !
Amazing rail work...Big like from Romania...Thumbs UP!!!!
Unusual but impressive steam locos! Victoria Falls is STUNNING!
Who dares to dislike this great video?
I have always wanted to see a Bayer Garrett. Magnificent locomotives. 😊
My dad worked on Bulawayo station in the 50s. I remember the garrets well. Especially the delivery of the 20th class. I stood on the footplate of one soon after it arrived.
When I was a kid in the 1950s I saw Garratts working in Western Australia but they were disposed of by 1970,scrapped or sold off,great to see in action.
Love the way this particular train looks, I wish we got more interesting models in O guage but it seems like the really oddball ones are extremely expensive.
The locos and coaches are in pristine condition. Like in the UK before Steam traction was run down. I salute the staff of National Railways of Zimbabwe. Everyone of them deserves a medal of Honour for true customer service!
It doesn't look so pristine fm where I'm standing...
You are joking, right?
This is awesome. I love your work.
There is a locomotive of this in the museum is in the old central station of the Recife - brasil as far as I know is the only one of this model in South America I took some photos there
Is the steam train still running from Victoria to Bulawayo. I saw it in Vic falls in 2008. In 2022.?
This was a charter train. No steam anymore in Zimbabwe.
@@KochersbergTV Oh. It's a shame to not have those iconic classics.
This locomotive really breathes, I am in pain with her at 9:50 in the hill.
Must be in disrepair, it should be able to produce almost 6000 horsepower.
I don't even understand steam engines and can feel as if it's screaming in pain there on the bend
OMG, this thing breathes almost like Darth Vader!
Thanks for the video I remember them with fondness
I am completely at wow to think of how amazing and powerful steam engines were/are. I just love the hissing sound, sound more personal especially @09:40. It's so sad all these engines are now in a desolate state.
I never knew how much i liked trains and the very friendly Zimbabwean people ;>
One word... superb.
Ain’t that air pollution?????
Yep one word... condemned!
Absolutely magnificent. Thank you very much.
such a beast they really preserved it's really nice to see this train
Fantastic !!.. top filming :)
9:40 sounds like me going up a hill lol...
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wow beautifully old time train...
that cooool track turnable round
it sounds as knackered as it Looks how much steam is in South Africa that is working now
What are you saying "steam" as in thick black plumes of smoke
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I visited Zimbabwe in 1988 and it looked just like this video, including the train.
Including the poorly fired, black smoking exhaust? These Firemen are not worthy of the name; they are untrained, uneducated people, each of whom assume that by piling more coal in the firebox, they will create more steam. Wrong!
Love the garret loco's its cool to know that these trains have seen survive since the 50's, Firstly with the Rhodesian Railways, then with Zimbabwe Railways. the rod knock is of concern lets hope they maintain them so insure there existence for the future!
Lord Grease Earl of Maggot 1950 vintage
The chugging and hissing sound ia hypnotic and comforting.
Soporific for the dipsomaniac even.
Nice to see. Thanks. Am from India. Here steam engines discontinued long back
Great video! The drivers are such poseurs though. All that black smoke should be light grey for max efficiency of the boiler. As for leaving the steam cocks open all the time! I know, I used to drive these locos out of Bulowayo (BLR) in the mid 70s.
The cylinder cocks were not open all the time. The LEAKED all the time, unfortunately.
I am guessing they are not running the best coke either, hence the black smoke. When I was young, I had an interest in steam locomotive and was told they were getting a lot of low quality coal, that did not burn well.
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I love seeing Drivers slipping
Amazing, running engines that speed, which must about 69 years old.
Pardon my utter ignorance, but is this a working train, or a nostalgia run? I suppose that in Zimbabwe it is the former, but perhaps someone can give a definitive comment on that?
This was a charter train. Regular trains are hauled by diesel-electric locomotive.
I would love to visit the railway workshops, that would be a treat. Great vid too.
So would I. Unfortunately, the workshops were off limits at the time of my video.
Wonderful locomotive monsters! Beyer Peacock sure built them well!
+RockyRailroad Productions That's a Thumbs Up for Manchester's Engineering skills. The UK Government and the Finance Capitalist (Rentier) Elite does not give a damn but the rest of the world recognises this:-) Cheers:-)
BEYER PEACOCK IIS GERMANY....???
No, Beyer Peacock was British
defo British Jose. Manchester aint in Bavaria, lol.
Wash your mouth out! Beyer Peacock was a British manufacturing company, based in Manchester, which was then in the county of Lancashire.
Nice video, Like!!!
0:34 omg my dream location for photo shoot😭😭😭😭😍😍😍😍
Super video !!! Iowa USA. Never seen anything like it .
I shared it with some of my friends too.
Can you imagine the way the driver felt when he took this locomotive out on the rails for the very first time when it was brand new!!
Seventy years ago, for the least. But I know for sure what I would have felt. Just too young...
@@KochersbergTV Wow! Seventy years of pulling heavy cargo and it's still going!
Got a photo of me as a kid standing next to one of these (bulawayo Express) at Victoria Falls Hotel station, right at the front, some valve opened and a huge jet of steam came out scared me half to death. Great times, fondly remembered.
this train took me on very sacred childhood memories....
Super video!
loved to travel by train since I was a kid.
The term “preservation” isn’t heard often in any African country but in this instance they had these in a secluded storage area. As Zimbabwe slowly imploded after Mugabe, the money wasn’t there for a lot of things and a couple of the old steam engines were put to work. The country has not maintained its infrastructure in any way and now they’re dealing with sewage mixing in their drinking water.
These old Garrets are an amazing example of what high quality really is.
Its a typical example of the use of own ressources. As coal is produced in the own country , but diesel is to be imported , so it is plain logical that one uses the steam locos instead of diesel locos. Another problem is maintenance and spareparts. For the steamlocos the infrastructure and the spareparts can be made locally. For the diesel , they have to be imported.
As Zimbabwe has hiperinflation , foreign currency is practically not existing for statehold goods like railways etc.
The hyperinflation came to an end with the Z$100,000,000,000,000 notes. The Bank of Zimbabwe ordered Z$200,000,000,000,000 notes from the same German banknote printers but the printers demanded hard currency so as Zimbabwe didn't have any that was the end. The US dollar became the legal tender currency.
@@algrayson8965 I was there for 3 months in 1982, you could get massive discounts for paying in £ cash back then, and I crossed the bridge at Victoria falls into Zambia where they only wanted to be paid in Zimbabwe dollars! I 1st saw Garratts in commercial use at the falls its amazing what they could pull on narrow gauge and tight turns.
Good to see Africa still use this old beasts, these train models are avg 70 years old.
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Fantastic coverage 👌
Garrats still going strong, excellent video! Only the cylinder drain valves should be closed shortly after start to drain the condensed water in the cylinders, not kept open the whole run! And the black smoke should only show up when they put fresh coals on the fire, unless they feed banana peels!
The standard gauge in Southern Africa is 3 foot 6 versus 4 foot 81/2 in Europe and US - so the Garret's weight distribution and articulation made them ideal for this narrow gauge
Robert, just like Queensland, Australia, gauge 3’6”, Yes, we had Beyer Garratts too, amongst BB18 1/4’s.
I was a fireman n these old girls in the mid seventies. My Dad Joe Kleynhans was the RR chief loco inspector. He served 43years oh the railways ....
Does the steam locos still operate there?
From time to time. Not on a regular basis. At the time of writing one 15A seems serviceable and a 16 might be available soon. The dramatic economical situation in Zimbabwe does not really allow to be be more precise.
es increible que aun sigan en pie estas maravillosa locomotoras articuladas me encantan las máquinas a vapor pues parecen estar vivas comen carbón y agua y cobran vida del reportaje solo puedo decir que es un placer para la vista