Bulawayo - Dett
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updated : 2022-08-25
Bulawayo - Dett is the southern section of the long main line to Zambia via Victoria Falls. Traffic was fairly heavy with coal from Wankie and Zambian copper providing much of the traffic. The line was still largely steam worked by the larger 15th and 20th class Garratts until the early 1990s.
20/20A Class Garratt
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updated : 2022-08-25
The 20th Class 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratts were neither the biggest nor the most powerful locomotives in Africa but they weren't far off on either count. A total of 61 were built in 1954-58 for heavy freight work and they could still be found hard at work between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls into the early 1990s.
CFM 951 Class Garratt
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updated : 2022-08-25
CFM locos weren't regular visitors to Zimbabwe but in the late 1980s the US Government funded the refurbishment of around 10 CFM locos at ZECO in Bulawayo. We were lucky enough to be at Sawmills when No. 960 made its first test run after being outshopped. Haine St Pierre built 12 951 Class in 1952.