Nairobi Railway Museum Miniature Train

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Nairobi Railway Museum Miniature Train

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Photo provided by Maurice Barasa, curator of the museum, July 2014
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Geoff Warren wrote:It is good to see the minitrain made smarter. However, I confess that, as a railfan, I preferred the Kenya Railways livery!

In 2012, I measured the gauge a few places and found it to be 335mm between inner rail faces, at 10mm below the rail head. This is about 13 1/4 inches, which is pretty close to 14 inches.

The driver told me that the loco was constructed in the railway's motor vehicle workshops in 1980, and based on a "Ford Cortina" engine (perhaps that means something to some else). The coaches, portable track and presumably a previous loco were made as part of the EAR exhibition that visited to agricultural shows and similar events.
Obviously Geoff is not an Essex boy otherwise he would be very familiar with Ford Cortinas!
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