A former Santa Fe B23-7 sits on a flatcar waiting for transport out of NRE for export to Kenya's Rift Valley Railway.
English built 8720 rolls down the yard at Nairobi before taking charge of the evening commuter train to Athi River.
Henschel (Germany) built 6255 had arrived with the through carriages from Butere, bound for the Nairobi night train, about half an hour ago. Some shunting had to be done, too, and then it moved qu... (more)
Most passengers of the failed night train to Nairobi had left the train already and went on by local busses. A few, who couldn´t afford the higher bus fare, waited at the station for another dies... (more)
After RVR diesel locomotive 8740 had failed at Gilgil during the night with the Nairobi bound passenger train, 8723 arrives next morning at the station for help, giving the rare opportunity to tak... (more)
RVR diesel locomotive 8740 awaits rescue after having failed at Gilgil during the night with the Nairobi bound passenger train. It still waits at the station 5 hours later when we photographed the... (more)
RVR diesel locomotives 8723 + 8740 make photographers happy by jointly shunting at Gilgil Junction. Green vegetation covers the branch line to Nyahururu, still not officially closed but unused for... (more)
RVR diesel locomotives 8741 slowly proceeds over one of the numerous trestle bridges on the Nakuru-Kisumu line during the photographically most unrewarding time of the day - at lunch time. But hav... (more)
RVR´s ageing diesel 8723 waits at Gilgil station to couple onto its waiting train. The class 87 was built by English Electric from 1960 to 1966 with only 4 locomotives of that class being in dail... (more)
