3020 propelled the empty train from Nairobi Station to Mawenzi Gardens (in the Nairobi-Kibera section, in the Upper Hill area of Nairobi) to collect the passengers, then headed back through Nairobi en route to Athi River.
Photos by John Ashworth, 7th August 2011
3020: Nairobi to Mawenzi Gardens
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3020: Nairobi to Mawenzi Gardens
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- First action of the day: 9336 comes through with a freight rain while 3020 waits in the platform in the background
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- The crew, including police escort, hang around on Nairobi Station's Platform 1 awaiting our departure slot
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- And again
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- 3020 at Mawenzi Gardens - 1
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- 3020 at Mawenzi Gardens - 2
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- 3020 at Mawenzi Gardens - 3
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- Guests mill around the locomotive
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- Ready to depart
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- After departing from Mawenzi Gardens, Museum Curator Maurice Barasa (left) and businessman Frances Waweru discuss matters of grand strategy relating to steam operations in Kenya. They're riding "tender class", which we agreed comes above 1st class (except when it rains...)
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