Zimbabwe National Railways Museum

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Museum grounds with class 9B and 19 steam locomotives, 1990
Cecil Rodes' saloon car
20th Class No. 730. 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 Garratt
DE3 Class No. 1314. English Electric
Narrow gauge lorry of the Victoria Falls Hotel
6th grade No. 19. 4-8-2 tank

The Zimbabwe National Railways Museum in Bulawayo is the national railway museum of the State of Zimbabwe in Southern Africa . It opened on November 4, 1972, exactly 75 years to the day after the first train arrived in Bulawayo.

location

Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe and is located in the south of the country. The museum is located immediately southeast of the Bulawayo train station.

collection

As the museum is directly connected to the tracks of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), the museum can also show larger exhibits, such as vehicles such as Garratt locomotives . Due to an acute shortage of locomotives, the museum's steam locomotives have occasionally been overhauled and used again.

27 locomotives - mostly steam locomotives - 16 of them operational, are located in the museum. The oldest locomotive dates from 1896. A number of Rhodesia Railways (RR) passenger coaches can also be viewed. Some of them are in poor condition. Some of the wagons rot in the open air in subtropical weather. The most important example of the passenger car collection is the saloon car by Cecil Rodes . There are also coaches for the Rail Safaris Pty tourist train on the museum grounds . parked, which uses this for rail cruises.

In addition, the museum displays in its exhibition hall and the museum translocated reception building numerous pieces of equipment from the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean railway operations since about 1900's.

The Zimbabwe National Railways Museum is maintained by the state railways , for which there are privatization plans. If they are implemented, the future of the museum is uncertain.

2-foot (610 mm) gauge steam locomotives

  • Lawley. 4-4-0 . Falcon No. BR19 (or BR27), built in 1897, was used for the construction and operation of the Beira Railway with a gauge of 610 mm. When the railroad track was changed to 1067 mm, the locomotive was handed over to the South African Railways. Sold to Premier Portland Cement Company of Claremont in 1919. Later used by Rhodesia Native Timber Concessions for the Igusu Sawmills.

3 foot 6 inch (1067 mm) gauge steam locomotives

  • Small class No. 1. 0-6-0 tank. 'Rhodesia', built by Hudswell Clarke & Co in England for £ 3830 (built in 1929) for use in the Beira Docks whose wheelbase was too long for the tracks. Therefore used in Mafeking and later in Umtali.
  • Small class No. 7. 0-6-0 saddle tank. 'Jack Tar'.
  • 6th grade No. 19. 4-8-2 tank.
  • 7th Class No. 43.4-8-0, built by the North British Locomotive Works in 1903 for £ 3,153.
  • 9A class No. 122.48-0.
  • 9B Class No. 115.48-0, built by the North British Locomotive Company (serial number 21478, built in 1917).
  • 10th Class No. 98.4-8-0, built by the North British Loco Company in 1913 for £ 5,788, assembled at the Salt River Works near Cape Town. Originally used in Mafeking. In use until 1962.
  • 11th Class No. 127.4-8-2, built by the Montreal Locomotive Works (159119, built in 1918).
  • 12th grade No. 190. 4-8-2.
  • 14th grade No. 507. 2-6-2 + 2-6-2 Garratt .
  • 16th Class No. 600. 2-8-2 + 2-8-2 Garratt, built by Beyer-Peacock & Co. in 1929, last used in September 1967
  • 19th grade No. 330. 4-8-2. Henschel (serial number 27400, year of construction 1952).
  • 20th Class No. 730. 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 Garratt.
  • 20th Class No. 736. 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 Garratt.
  • 20A class No. 740. 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 Garratt.

3 foot 6 inch (1067 mm) gauge diesel-electric locomotives

literature

  • Reinhard Dietrich : Zimbabwe National Railways Museum, Bulawayo . In: DGEG Nachrichten 144 (July / August 1998), p. 8f.
  • Günter Krause: Railway Museum Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) . Werl 2017. Without page numbering and ISBN.
  • The National Railways Historical Committee, Bulawayo: Zimbabwe National Railways Museum (1986).

Web links

Commons : Zimbabwe National Railways Museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Zimbabwe - Last Of The Beyer Garretts . January 30, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  2. ^ Geoff Cooke: The Class DE5. Represented by number 1531.
  3. ^ Geoff Cooke: Museum Exhibits.

Coordinates: 20 ° 9 ′ 50 ″  S , 28 ° 34 ′ 25.4 ″  E