John R. Day wrote two volumes in the early 1960s about the railways of Africa. The first was about the southern area of the continent and entitled, unsurprisingly, ‘Railways of Southern Africa’. The second volume was entitled ‘Railways of Northern Africa’ and dealt with the remainder of the continent.
An on-line acquaintance very kindly sent me a copy of the chapter from that second volume which covers British East Africa. Today, the chapter title would give cause for concern for some people, but colonial attitudes still held sway in the 1960s.
Reading that chapter piqued my interest and I managed to pick up a secondhand copy of the book at a reasonable cost. ...
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An on-line acquaintance very kindly sent me a copy of the chapter from that second volume which covers British East Africa. Today, the chapter title would give cause for concern for some people, but colonial attitudes still held sway in the 1960s.
Reading that chapter piqued my interest and I managed to pick up a secondhand copy of the book at a reasonable cost. ...
Railways in Colonial Times in what was known as ‘British East Africa’ …
John R. Day wrote two volumes in the early 1960s about the railways of Africa. The first was about the southern area of the continent and entitled, unsurprisingly, ‘Railways of Southern Afric…
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This thread follows on from an earlier thread about the Uganda Railway and its successors. .......
Uganda Railways
My wife and I are in Uganda at the moment (9th May 2018), I have been here a number of times before. The national railway system is metre-gauge. I hope this first post is of interest to members of this forum. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/0...railways-part-1 Other posts about the...
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