Garratt locomotive
Locomotora Garratt
- Date
- 1907-1909 · confidence high
- Place
- Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Herbert William Garratt
- Field
- Movement
What it is
Three-part articulated steam locomotive with the boiler suspended between two independent power units; it can negotiate tight curves and lightly built track with more tractive effort than rigid-framed locomotives.
What it led to
- Series production by Beyer, Peacock and Company of Manchester
- Adoption on narrow-gauge colonial railways in Africa, Asia and Oceania
- Reduced need for multiple locomotives and crews
- Long service life in South Africa and Zimbabwe into the late 20th century