From: gl4317@yahoo.com

In article <7oydnSEbacob6-rOnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
 "conklin"  wrote:

> "Jishnu Mukerji"  wrote in message

> > Indian Railways had these enormous Broad Gauge N Class Garratts on BNR
> > (Bengal Nagpur Railway, now South Eastern Railway) which hauled coal
> > trains before electrification. One is preserved at the New Delhi
> > National Railway Museum, and another one is preserved in the erstwhile
> > home shed of the class.


It was slightly smaller than the standard gauge AD60 of Australia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_AD60_class_locomotive

The really goofy things about the narrow gauge lines in Africa (and a
few in South America) is just how large their locomotives were / are.
For example, as impressive as those large broad gauge Indian Garretts
are (and they were the heaviest used in India) the South African GL
class is heavier, and it is a narrow gauge locomotive:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Class_GL_4-8-2%2B2-8-4

As well as East African Railways Class 59:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAR_59_class

This is why it may not necessarily be necessary to do too much to expand
the line in Kenya to accept standard gauge.  Sure, some things will have
to change, but when people here in the USA think big narrow gauge
locomotives they usually think something along the lines of a D&RGW K36:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D&RGW_K-36
which is a fraction of the size of what was operating on the East
African Railways.


> Is there a picture available?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNR_class_N

http://www.india-tour-guide.co.uk/National-Rail-Museum/BNR-815.jpg
(from http://www.india-tour-guide.co.uk/National-Rail-Museum.html )

http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/india043.htm

A nice looking locomotive, for sure.

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