Brief description of continuous chain of 3-ft 6-in. gage lines, 2926 mi in length from Lobito (in Portuguese Angola) on Atlantic, to Beira on India Ocean; Benguela, Belgian Katanga, and Rhodesian railway sections described; sketch map of Trans-African line, and neighboring railways, is given; locomotive stock.


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    Title :

    Trans-African railway


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1942


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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