Garratt No. 87 has just arrived at Beddgelert after a superb run from Caernarfon. This locomotive was built by John Cockerill of Seraing, Belgium in 1936 for South African Railways. On the return ... (more)
Nicknamed "Dukedogs" since they were an amalgamation of the chassis of a Bulldog class with the boiler of a Duke class locomotive, the parts of this loco are thus actually older than the 1938 "bui... (more)