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February 29, 2012

Railways Africa Updates.......... 29th February 2012

Railways Africa.....

On 22 February 2012, finance minister Pravin Gordhan said an additional R4 billion will be given to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to begin purchasing new coaches..


Read about  a special steam train from Bulawayo to Sawmills and return. ....featuring Garratt Class 15 no 395


According to the Daily Monitor (published in Kampala), “Tanzania recently signed a $US4.7 billion railway project that will link the country to Rwanda and Burundi.”

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The Zambian government is reviewing the problems faced by the Railway Systems of Zambia (RSZ) concession, and the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara).

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