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The chart above shows the grades on the railroad.  The horizontal distance is 1000 miles and each horizontal line represents 1000 feet of elevation.  Mombasa is on the left at sea level and Lake Victoria is on the right at a little over 3000 feet elevation.  The red dot is Nairobi at ~5500 ft.    The dip to the right of Nairobi is the Great Rift Valley.

The drawing above shows the late Garrett locomotive --- the 59 class.   The locomotive is articulated (hinged) at each end of the middle section.  The wheel configuration is 4-8-2 + 2-8-4.   The front tank is for water. The rear tank holds water in the bottom and fuel oil in a separate upper tank.   The tag on right was below the drawing
This tag was on a photo of one of the 59 class Garratts. It gives a bit more data on the locomotives.

There are  5 or 6 Garratts in the museum yard.  I chose to concentrate on number 5930 of the large 59 Class.

Above is the left front of 5930.