MegaProjects Kenya

Welcome to our Tumblr Gallery | On Tumblr we show the great images which sometimes dont make it on our website. The kind of images that we capture just at the right moment.

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Accelerating Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Development through Private Public Partnerships (PPP) Consultative Workshop organized by KETRACO (Kenya Electricity Transmission Company)

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The Suswa Substation, Kenya’s largest substation. Built and managed by the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company KETRACO

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The Ndumoto 3 Bridge spans 215 meters across the Ndumoto seasonal river. The river causes extensive flooding in the area which necessitated a bridge of such length. The bridge has adopted a 2 T shaped abutment on both ends.

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The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway - Redefining Infrastructure

#sgrkenya #sgrline #kenya #railway #emali #emalirailwaystation

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The Masimba #Railway Station located 6km away from Masimba Town. #SGRKenya

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Just freshly pressed. In clockwise from above, a forklift operator moves to a from stacking freshly baked Railway Sleepers at Section 7 Sleeper Factory. Below is a concrete batching plant, many of these have been installed along the railway to mix exact concrete ratios. Next is the steel frame for the Bridge Girders and last are the new trains for construction of the Standards Gauge Railway.

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Among the wagons that have arrived at section 7 are the covered wagons, ballast open top hoppers, flat bed wagons and a locomotive engine. More are expected to arrive soon.

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A gantry crane operator walks alongside the steel lifting unit to check that the hooks have locked on the load. The intense release of steam is from the steam kiln bath below which has just been opened. #RailwaySleepers are put under steam and cold water jets for 4-6 hours at 45 Degrees Centigrade after which they harden and are ready for removal. At the #EmaliSleeperFactory for the #sgrkenya railway.

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Leaving work yesterday...

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The Kenya Railways #9302 Engine on its way to Mombasa spotted at Sultan Hamud

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A visit to the Sultan Hamud Railway Station is a true experience of the old Lunatic Express. Time at this station has literally stood still as history preserves the remains of vibrant station a long time ago

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SGR Railway bars being delivered to the construction site. >>What was that guy behind there doing ??

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The track laying machine at #Section7 SGR site in Emali. The machine is ready as it awaits the finishing of the inner rail construction at the site.

>>http://www.megaprojects.co.ke/articles/292/sgr-section-7-track-laying-machine/

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Set 2 of the “Off Work” photographs. You can check out set 1 on the timeline :-)