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  • From the archive: Gorton’s Giant – the largest Garratt in the world

    From the archive: Gorton’s Giant – the largest Garratt in the world

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    Mark Lancaster

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    The Soviet railways’ search for greater freight capacity led to the ordering of a Beyer-Garratt locomotive from Britain. The resulting Ya-01 was described as the largest Garratt in the world and was tested in the Soviet Union during 1933. Robert Humm recounts… Gorton’s Giant THE LARGEST GARRATT IN THE WORLD Soviet railway recovery BY the…

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  • Beyer Garratt K1: A 1979 Railway Magazine Archive Extract

    Beyer Garratt K1: A 1979 Railway Magazine Archive Extract

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    Mark Lancaster

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    An extract from a July 1979 issue of The Railway Magazine describing the world’s first Garratt locomotive and its restoration at York. The text includes details of its history, design, and technical specifications. The world’s first Garratt locomotive THE world’s first Garratt locomotive—built in Manchester seventy years ago for service in Tasmania—has been formally presented…

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