00:00...are those which were exported, but one example has been returned to its birthplace in Manchester.
00:07The name is derived from the patentee, Herbert W. Garrett, and its builders, Bayer Peacock & Company.
00:15The design achieved great success abroad, particularly in Africa, where there were the last working steam engines.
00:23The Garrett is unique, with two distinct engines.
00:27The boiler unit and heavy girder frame are mounted on pivots between them.
00:32The engines also support tapered fuel and water tenders.
00:37In this harsh environment, the Garrett's distinct advantages really come into their own.
00:43Such locomotives not only had greater adhesion and power, but they could also operate on lighter rails.
00:50And the articulated engines could negotiate tightly curved tracks.
00:57For remote, narrow-gauge lines, which often ran through incredible landscapes, the Garrett was the most efficient motive power available.
01:06East Africa's mountain-class Garretts were the most powerful locomotives ever to run on winter gauge.
01:13Built by Bayer Peacock in 1955, they weighed 251 tonnes and supplied 83,000 pounds of tractive effort.
01:22They may have lacked speed and beauty, but for their ability to haul great loads over vast distances, they represented a high point in British locomotive design.
