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59th class 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt number 5928 “MOUNT KILIMANJARO”, built by Beyer Peacock (7700/1955), enters Marimbeti with a Nairobi bound freight on 7/4/1974. Photo Gerry Dixon

This gallery covers the main line from Mombasa to Nairobi, the former marching ground of the 59th class 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratts. Diesels replaced them in the late 1970s but the metre gauge line itself was largely replaced by a new standard gauge one in 2017. Soda ash traffic from the Magadi Soda Co. still uses the old line to reach Mombasa.

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