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Recently completed restoration of a 1917 Hunslett narrow gauge locomotive.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-11/retired-train-drivers-bring-100yo-ww1-locomotive-back-to-life/9137296

Regards,

Charlie

 



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Interesting story, thanks for posting..

Isn't the russian trains on narrow gauge ?



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Ned wrote:

Interesting story, thanks for posting..

Isn't the russian trains on narrow gauge ?


Russian railroads are actually wider gauge than most others. 



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The Spanish Army purchased a batch of German narrow gauge (80cm) rolling stock after WWI, some of the locomotives are still preserved for display in army barracks.

The bigger locomotive is an Orenstein & Koppel, there is another one restored with a cargo wagon and passenger car.

The smaller one, as its plaque clearly states is a Henschel, dubbed "Tigris" as, it was said at the time, it was intended to be used in an annex spur of the Berlin-Baghdad railway running from Baghdad to Basrah along the Tigris river.

The locomotives were deployed in Morocco during the Rif war, supporting operations in the Melilla area.

Afterwards they were used for training purposes in the Spanish mainland.

 



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.. just a minor addendum;  Great War German military narrow gauge was 60 cm.



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28juni14 wrote:

.. just a minor addendum;  Great War German military narrow gauge was 60 cm.


 You are right, both locos are 60cm gauge. I had that gauge firmly struck in my mind and didn't bother to measure the track.

 

Also the Orenstein may not be a WWI veteran, as it is recorded to have been built in 1922.

Sorry for misguiding. 

http://www.manuserran.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=220:servicio-militar-de-ferrocarriles&catid=73&Itemid=238



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