The Uganda Railway

[rogerfarnworth]

My wife and I were in Uganda in April/May 2018. I have been there regularly over the years. The national railway system is metre-gauge and is part of a network which extends from Mombasa on the Kenyan Coast  to the west of Uganda. I hope this first post is of interest to members of this forum.

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/05/09/uganda-railways-part-1

Other posts about the trip, but not railway related, can be found on this link:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/category/uganda

[rogerfarnworth]

This second post provides some more information about the history of what has often been nicknamed 'The Lunatic Line'.

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/05/11/uganda-railways-part-2

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This third post in the series starts the journey along the 'Lunatic Line'.

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/05/14/uganda-railways-part-3

[rogerfarnworth]

There's some fascinating detail about East African Railways at the end of steam here, not by enthusiasts from Britain but by schoolboys of expat families at the "European" school in Nairobi, who had substantial experience of travel by the train in the 1950s-60s. Introduced to me by an OLd Boy now back in Britain. There's quite a bit of technical detail, along with a few classic schoolboy japes involving the train.

http://www.oldcambrians.com/Train4.html

[rogerfarnworth]

This next post in a series about The Uganda Railway, covers the journey along the original Uganda Railway from Mazeras to Voi.

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/uganda-railways-part-4-mazeras-to-voi

[Dave V]

Very cool!  African narrow gauge...exotic and interesting!

[rogerfarnworth]

This is the next part of a story about the Uganda Railway. It covers the length from Voi to Ulu in Kenya.

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/uganda-railways-part-5-voi-to-ulu

[rogerfarnworth]

Our journey along the 'Uganda Railway' continues. In this post we travel from Ulu into Nairobi and notice two branch-lines on the way.

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/05/22/uganda-railways-part-6-ulu-to-nairobi

[rogerfarnworth]

This next post focusses on the station at Nairobi and its immediate environment.

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/05/22/uganda-railways-part-7-nairobi-railway-station-good-yard-mpd-and-railway-museum