Africa photographs

PART OF:
Photographs
Made:
1936-1971
part of archive:
GEC Traction Archive
maker:
GEC Traction Limited

The box contains photographs of English Electric Company Limited and AEI Traction locomotives for African Railways:

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Rhodesian Railways:

Portuguese President in a group

Handover of Rhodesia Railways loco 1301, built by Vulcan Foundry. Includes photos at new Lochinvar depot, Salisbury

East African Railways:

12CSVT engine for EAR Class 90

Locomotives under construction at Vulcan Foundry including putting an EE537 motor into a bogie

Bogie of EE 1Co-Co1 diesel electric locos for EAR built at RSH, Darlington works

EAR loco 9025 under construction including driver’s cab

Loco 9001 and another on a ship at Mombasa being unloaded

Class 90 loco with accident damage

1Bo-Bo1 Loco 7208 EE-AEI, Vulcan Foundry built 1971 (similar to EAR Class 90)

“Explorer” 1100hp Co-Co prototype for main and branch line duty for EAR. BTH electrical equipment with Blackstone engine.

East Africa Railways 2-8-4 steam locomotive 3108 built by Vulcan Foundry 1955-6

Sudan Railways:

Co-Co – artists’s impression and photos of locos. EE/Vulcan Foundry. Photos of locos being loaded onto a ship at Liverpool

“SR2” 0-6-0 EE/Hawthorn Leslie built 1936

“SR406” Sudan Railways 0-6-0 shunter Contract 6X0674 English Electric built 1951/2. Includes photos of loading onto a ship at Birkenhead Docks

“SR100” Sudan Railways? 0-4-0 built by RSH

CFM (Morocco) E501 Bo-Bo overhead loco built by CEF 3kV, standard gauge.

Egyptian State Railways:

Diesel Electric Multiple Unit 1949 & 1956

Built by Birmingham Railway Carriage & wagon Co for Cairo – Alexandria route.

Underframe, bogie, interior, cab

Photos of a train in 1953 – 5 coach Diesel Electric multiple unit

Artists impression of high speed Diesel Electric loco for Egyptian Republic Railway 1961 (power car of a DEMU)

Diesel Electric loco 3001 en route from Boulac works to Cairo February 1949. 1600HP loco, Contract 6S0539. Built by Vulcan Foundry

Contract 6S0536 350HP Diesel Electric shunting locomotives. 15 off in 1948

Details

Extent:
1 box
Identifier:
GEC/4/2/16

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