https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/08/gea-with-4-8-2-2-8-4-wheel-arrangement.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gea-with-4-8-2-2-8-4-wheel-arrangement Model railroads and model trains Fri, 18 Nov 2022 12:29:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/08/gea-with-4-8-2-2-8-4-wheel-arrangement.html#comment-60447 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 12:29:59 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6561#comment-60447 Another thought: GM, GMA, and GMAM all had very limited water capacity so they usually operated with an auxiliary water tender.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/08/gea-with-4-8-2-2-8-4-wheel-arrangement.html#comment-60407 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 12:15:25 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6561#comment-60407 The South African GEA and GMA share the same wheel arrangement but are quite different. The GEA, although introduced in 1947, is hand fired!
All were designed to run on light rail.
The GMAM is simply the GMA with increased coal and water capacity. The suffix M indicates that it is for mainline use, on heavier rails. Converting a loco from one class to the other was, I believe, simply a matter of inserting or removing steel plates to reduce or increase the fuel capacity.
Some years ago, I knew a fellow here in Cape Town, who built HO models to order. If you ask, I shall try to trace him.

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