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The track gauge across Southern African main lines is 3' 6" although the loading gauge is 10'-6". In South Africa, the speed limit on main lines was 50 mph. In Rhodesia it was 45 mph, although we have been known to exceed that a few times when we would have been just 5 min's late for the club bar closing time of 11:30. Working a train from T.J. to Dett (my home depot at that time) it was a climb all the way apart from two short sections. So it was hard work for the fireman hand firing a 15th class Garratt with a full load of copper from Zambia.