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    World’s penultimate Garratt back in service at Sandstone

    Jan 18, 2022 2 minutes
    By John Titlow

    THE penultimate Garratt to be built in the world has returned to full working order at Sandstone Estates in Ficksburg, South Africa, following the completion of a restoration project that has taken just over a year.

    Built by Hunslet Taylor in Johannesburg for South African Railways in 1968, modified NGG16A 2-6-2+2-6-2 No. 155

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