The Railways of Uganda again. ...

[rogerfarnworth]

Railway news from Uganda over the past few years! ...

 

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/09/09/2020-2022-railway-news-from-uganda/

 

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Over lockdown, I played a very small part in the production of a new book about the railways of Uganda. As a result, I was sent a free copy of that book, “Our Railways. Our History.”

Edited September 22, 2022 by rogerfarnworth

[EddieB]

Roger - published material on Uganda Railways is quite rare.  The book appears to be a "print on demand" edition(?), but there is no information about ordering, shipping, etc.  I think there may be a few of us on "one of the IO Groups you frequent" that may be interested - perhaps in placing a combined order?  (Had I known, I could have asked friends who visited "home" earlier this year).

[rogerfarnworth]

I was sent a copy for free because I made a few contributions in the background. My memory is that it was posted in the UK, although that might be because someone travelled here from Uganda. I am in Kampala in a couple of weeks and hope to visit the museum in Jinja. I will see what I can find out.

[rogerfarnworth]

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. ...

 

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/15/british-east-africa/