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Bulawayo_goods_yard_14A_518. Steam in Southern Africa: Rhodesia 1973. At a time when Rhodesia faced UN sanctions for its Universal Declaration of Independence (UDI), freight traffic in exports and imports nevertheless remained buoyant. Class 14A 2-6-2+2-6-2 Beyer Garratt No.518 (BP 7591/1953), busily shunts wagons in Bulawayo goods depot, 27th October 1973. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Zimbabwe_10_Bulawayo_carriage_pilot_14A_512_(BP 7585.1953)_ 27.9.81 With “smoke by request!”, Class 14A 512 (BP 7585/1953) charges out of Bulawayo carriage sidings on 27th September 1981, en route to the station. Note in the right distance a venerable, blue Renault Dauphine, typical of the motor vehicles which had to be kept going because of UN sanctions imposed upon Rhodesia following its 11th September 1965 UDI (Universal Declaration of Independence). roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Zimbabwe_6_Bulawayo_shed_repair_shop_14A_519 (BP 7591.1953)_27.9.1981 Inside Bulawayo engine shed’s large repair shop on 27th September 1981, Class 14A No.519 (BP 7591/1953) awaits attention for an unknown defect. The white wheel rims indicate a RESSCO-refurbished locomotive. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Zimbabwe_7_Bulawayo_goods_yard_14_501_(BP 6619.1929)_ 26.9.81 At Bulawayo’s large goods depot, on 27th September 1981, ZR’s oldest working Garratt, Class 14 501 (BP 6619/1929), bustles about with much noise. And smoke for the photographer! roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Zimbabwe_9_Bulawayo_carriage_sidings_14A_512_&_14R_1712_ (BP 7585.1953 & RS 3554.1914)_27.9.81 14R 1712 blasts its trip freight past the camera while in some sidings, carriage pilot Class 14A 512 (BP 7585/1953) waits for the 14R and its train to clear the line, so it may take some coaches to the station. 27th September 1981. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Zimbabwe_5_Bulawayo_shed_20 716_&_14A_513_(BP 7781.1954 _&_7586.1953)_27.9.81 Bulawayo shed, 27th September 1981. The depot’s massive pilot locomotive, Class 20A 4-8-2+2-8-4 No.716 (BP 7586/1953), shunts Class 14A 2-6-2+2-6-2 No.513 (BP 7781/1954). roger.griffiths@hotmail.com