rogerfarnworth
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I have been enjoying Adrian Garner's book "Monorails of the 19th Century." I discovered that the first rail link between what was at the time Port Kampala and Kampala itself was a monorail!
Rolling stock was propelled along the line by bullocks rather than any form of mechanical propulsion.
The line was less than 8 miles long and lasted no more than a few years.
These are the details:
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/02/28/a-monorail-in-kampala
Rolling stock was propelled along the line by bullocks rather than any form of mechanical propulsion.
The line was less than 8 miles long and lasted no more than a few years.
These are the details:
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/02/28/a-monorail-in-kampala