3020 first steaming - 1
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John Ashworth
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3020 first steaming - 1
A series of pictures of 3020's first outing on Friday 23 April 2010. Photos taken by Sara Ketelaar and Meindert Korevaar in Nairobi.
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- 3020, adorned with balloons, has just set back out of the shed under her own steam for the first time - magnificent
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- The footbridge across the Nairobi marshalling yard is lined with spectators, both the media and the public
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- Black smoke
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- Some of the steam team ride on the tender
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- Dead diesels
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- Maurice Barasa, curator of the railway museum, and John Ashworth pose on the loco
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- A bottle of champagne seemed appropriate in the circumstances, and we certainly weren't going to waste it by smashing it on the loco. The lady in the middle is the bride-to-be for Saturday's wedding. The bulk of 5918 looms behind her.
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- 3020 has just set back into the sun for more photo opportunities
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- Notice that the balloons have all burst!
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Kevin Wilson-Smith
Re: 3020 first steaming - 1
Excellent! Was a lot of work to get it steaming, or was it oin relatively good nick?
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John Ashworth
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Re: 3020 first steaming - 1
Relatively good nick, actually, following all the restoration that was done a few years ago.