China-made SGR locomotives arrive in Mombasa

One of the six Standard Guage Railway (SGR) line locomotive engines being off-loaded from the MV Kota Bistari to land safely on the railway line soon after the ship docked at the port of Mombasa, January 09, 2017. The locomotives will be unvailed tomorrow (Wednesday) by Transport Cabinet Secretary at the SGR marshaling yard within the port of Mombasa. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

Six freight locomotives to be deployed on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) have arrived at the Port of Mombasa from China.

Offloading of the locomotives aboard vessel carrier MV Kota Bistari began yesterday. The first train was offloaded onto a rail track laid alongside Berth 11 at the port at around mid-day.