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Kenya-Uganda Railway class ED1 #327, Nairobi Railway Museum Kenya-Uganda Railway ED1 327, a 2-6-2T steam locomotive built in 1926 by Vulcan Foundry in England, exhibited at the Nairobi Railway Museum. Retired in 1976 as East African Railways No. 1127. Weight: 52.4 tons, water: 1200 gallons, fuel oil: 760 gallons. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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Kenya-Uganda Railway class EB3 #2401, Nairobi Railway Museum Kenya-Uganda Railway EB3 2401, a 4-8-0 steam locomotive built by Vulcan Foundry in England, exhibited at Nairobi Railway Museum. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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EAR class 29 #2921, Nairobi Railway Museum East African Railways 2921 'Masai of Kenya', a 2-8-2 steam locomotive built in 1955, exhibited at the Nairobi Railway Museum. The 31 members of the 29 class were built for the East African Railways (EAR) in two batches, of 20 and 11 locomotives respectively, by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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EAR class 29 #2921 interior, Nairobi Railway Museum Interior of East African Railways 2921 'Masai of Kenya', exhibited at the Nairobi Railway Museum. It was a oil-burning 1,000 mm 2-8-2 steam locomotive based upon the Nigerian Railways River class. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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EAR class 29 #2921, Nairobi Railway Museum East African Railways 2921 'Masai of Kenya', a 2-8-2 steam locomotive built in 1955, exhibited at the Nairobi Railway Museum. Together with No. 2927 preserved at Dar-es-Salaam, it is one of two surviving locomotives of this class. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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Tanganyika Railway class DL #301, Nairobi Railway Museum Tanganyika Railway DL 301, a 4-8-0 steam locomotive built in 1927 by Beyer Peacock in Manchester, exhibited at the Nairobi Railway Museum. Retired in the 1970s by the East African Railways as EAR 2301. It was used to shoot the movie 'Out of Africa'. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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Tanganyika Railway class DL #301, Nairobi Railway Museum Tanganyika Railway DL 301, a 4-8-0 steam locomotive built in 1927 by Beyer Peacock in Manchester, exhibited at the Nairobi Railway Museum. Retired in the 1970s by the East African Railways as EAR 2301. It was used to shoot the movie 'Out of Africa'. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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EAR class 31 #3123, Nairobi Railway Museum East African Railways 3123 'Bavuma', a 2-8-4 steam locomotive, exhibited at the Nairobi Railway Museum. The 46 members of the class were built in 1955 by Vulcan Foundry, in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now part of Merseyside), England, for the East African Railways (EAR). They were a lighter, branch-line version of the EAR 30 class, and worked from various sheds throughout the EAR system. In front of the engine is a small flat car #327 of Kenya-Uganda Railway. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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EAR class 31 #3123, Nairobi Railway Museum East African Railways 3123 'Bavuma', a 2-8-4 steam locomotive, exhibited at the Nairobi Railway Museum. The 46 members of the class were built in 1955 by Vulcan Foundry, in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now part of Merseyside), England, for the East African Railways (EAR). They were a lighter, branch-line version of the EAR 30 class, and worked from various sheds throughout the EAR system. Locomotive weight: 71.3 t; fuel type: oil; tractive effort: 118.32 kN. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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Kenya-Uganda Railway class GB #5505, Nairobi Railway Museum Kenya-Uganda Railway 5505, a 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt steam locomotive, exhibited at Nairobi Railway Museum. Built by Beyer-Peacock in Gorton, Manchester. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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EAR class 59 #5930, Nairobi Railway Museum East African Railways 5930 'Mount Shengena', a 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt steam locomotive, exhibited at Nairobi Railway Museum. Built by Beyer-Peacock in Manchester, England. Together with 'Mount Gelai', two locomotives of this class have been preserved at Nairobi. They entered service in 1955–56, and were the largest, heaviest and most powerful steam locomotives to operate on any metre gauge railway in the world. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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EAR class 60 #6006, Nairobi Railway Museum East African Railways 6006 'Sir Harold MacMichael', a 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt steam locomotive, exhibited at Nairobi Railway Museum. Built by Société Franco-Belge. The 29 members of the 60 class were ordered by the EAR from Beyer, Peacock & Co. The first 12 of them were built by sub-contractors Société Franco-Belge in Raismes (Valenciennes), France, and the rest were built by Beyer, Peacock in Gorton, Manchester, England. The class entered service in 1953-54. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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EAR class 60 #6006, Nairobi Railway Museum East African Railways 6006 'Sir Harold MacMichael', a 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt steam locomotive, exhibited at Nairobi Railway Museum. Built by Société Franco-Belge. The 29 members of the 60 class were ordered by the EAR from Beyer, Peacock & Co. The first 12 of them were built by sub-contractors Société Franco-Belge in Raismes (Valenciennes), France, and the rest were built by Beyer, Peacock in Gorton, Manchester, England. The class entered service in 1953-54. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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Kenya-Uganda Railway class EC3 #87, Nairobi Railway Museum Kenya-Uganda Railway EC3 87 'Karamoja', a 4-8-4+4-8-4 Garratt-type steam locomotive built in 1940 by Beyer-Peacock, exhibited at the Nairobi Railway Museum. Renumbered by East African Railways as EAR 5711. This is the only surviving engine of this class originally consisting of 12 locomotives. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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East African Railways 3105 "Bagisu" on a freigth train from Nairobi. Sagana, Kenya, 3/09/1971. Collection Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy (jean-pierre.vergez@sfr.fr)

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Magadi Soda Company steam locomotive, Nairobi Railway Museum Historic industrial steam locomotive 'Hugh F Marriott' of Magadi Soda Company exhibited at the Nairobi Railway Museum. This 0-4-0ST engine was built by W. G. Bagnall in Stafford, England. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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Magadi Soda Company steam locomotive, Nairobi Railway Museum Historic industrial steam locomotive 'Hugh F Marriott' of Magadi Soda Company exhibited at the Nairobi Railway Museum. This 0-4-0ST engine was built by W. G. Bagnall in Stafford, England. Photo taken Sunday 9 November 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)