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Book Review: Garratt Locomotives
Saw Gareth operating in qland Aust, both aust standard which were hated by Queensland rail staff but we’re operated successfully by Portland cement and Emu bay rail in Tasmania and the later French built beyer gar rats operated in Qland.
A recent observation by a qland railway man was the main thing you had to remember was because of the length of steam passages you had to alter your controls at least a minute before they Took effect.
Qland used them in the coalfields Moura to Gladstone and NSW on coal around Newcastle and sometimes on grain.
1 is operational condition in Canberra and narrow gauge at Ipswich in Qland.
There is one Garrat preserved in Brazil