Garratts in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a beautiful country with fascinating wildlife and scenery. The spectacular Victoria Falls, known as “the smoke that thunders,” is one of the absolute musts when travelling to Africa. Zimbabwe offers the last commercial steam working on the African continent – one Garratt in Hwange. We’ll visit it
Bulgaria: Big Steam – Steam Hauled Freight Trains Mar 25th - Apr 2nd Czech Rep. & Slovakia: Mladejov & Čierny Balog ng Apr 21st – Apr 26th Iran: 16 Cylinders Attacking 2000 Meters Apr 29th – May 11th Zimbabwe: Elephants on Rails: Garratts Jul 8th – Jul 19th
Romania: Industrial and Forest Railway Autumn Steam Oct 7st – Oct 15th Myanmar (Burma): Steam and Pagodas Jan 6th – Jan 17th Sri Lanka: Sweet Kandy: Broad Gauge & Tea Plantations Jan 26th – Feb 7th Madagascar: Jungle-Railway and Micheline Railcars Apr 27th – May 5th
all, the sights of the country, the wildlife, as well as the “elephants on rails”, the last mighty Garratts in regular service in the world. The Garratts that we will see are probably the largest working British steam locos (Beyer-Peacock) anywhere. We strongly recommend that you do not delay in seeing these wonderful locomotives while they can still move themselves, as their technical state is poor and not getting any better.
We have chartered several freight trains on some of the most interesting sections of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ). From Thomson Junction we’ll pass through the one and only tunnel on the NRZ network, swing through the curves along to Lukosi and climb up the gradient to Zanguja.
The tour is tailored for the needs of railway photographers.