Download or read book The Cape to Cairo Railway River Routes written by George Tabor and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cape to Cairo Rail Journey written by T. L. Kennedy and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a descriptive travelogue of the author's rail journey following the historic "Cape to Cairo" route envisaged by Cecil Rhodes more than 100 years ago as an exercise in British imperialism. While construction of the rail link was never completed in totality, most of the distance can be covered by passenger trains, in varying degrees of comfort and cleanliness, immersing the traveler in African life on the train and in the passing scenery along the railway line. Rail travel descriptions are richly enhanced by historical sketches of railway development in each country and many anecdotes of previous travelers, explorers and railway builders that formed African railway networks as they exist today. The story begins with the author's telling of his first arrival in South Africa in 1981 for a three-year contract that became thirty. Southern Africa was still a favorite haunt of steam locomotive enthusiasts, particularly along the route between Kimberley and De Aar and the Bulawayo - Victoria Falls line. However, most of the trains included in this travelogue were pulled by poorly - maintained diesel - electric motive power. Journeys were fraught with mechanical failures (several hours standing in the desert, just outside of Khartoum North station) and by non-operational signal systems (throughout Zambia). Keeping to the timetable was accomplished more strictly in the southern part of the continent (South Africa/Botswana/Zimbabwe) but began to deteriorate moving northward with Sudan being the worst time - keeper with a 13 - hour delay. But the point was not to arrive dead on time but to enjoy the somewhat dubious distinction of riding some of the dirtiest trains on the planet with thieves as traveling companions while at the same time crossing some most interesting topography and finding many amiable and personable Africans as travel mates. These journeys were mostly pleasurable to "endure", intensely interesting and challenging to put down on paper and hopefully, the reader will share the enthusiasm of the author in "living" these journeys through the words set down in this book.
Download or read book The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway River Route from 1887 to 1922 written by Leo Weinthal and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway River Route from 1887 to 1922 written by Leo Weinthal and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway River Route from 1887 to 1922 written by Leo Weinthal and published by . This book was released on 1922* with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway and River Route from 1887 1922 written by Leo Weinthal and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway and River Route from 1887 to 1922 Vol 4 written by Leo Weinthal and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway and River Route From 1887 to 1922, Vol. 4: The Iron Spine and Ribs of Africa About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway and River Route from 1887 to 1922 written by Leo Weinthal and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway and River Route from 1887 1922 written by Leo Weinthal and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
