Maputo: Railway Station
This locomotive of the type "four wheeler" was in service of the railway line from Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) to Xai-Xai in Gaza Province from 1910 to 1928. It was manufactured by Achille Legrand in Mons, Belgium.
Maputo owes its economic and political rise at the end of the 19th century to the increasing prominence of the Transvaal state which built and financed the rail connection from Pretoria and Johannesburg (and the coal mines in Transvaal) to the sea port at Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) which opened in 1895.
The train system today is operated by the Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM; Mozambique Ports and Railways) which is the parastatal authority that oversees the railway system of Mozambique and its connected ports. While the station is still in use, trains run infrequently and the station is often deserted.
Like all railroads of Southern Africa, the CFM uses a narrow gauge (Cape gauge), a track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).
Maputo: Railway Station
This locomotive of the type "four wheeler" was in service of the railway line from Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) to Xai-Xai in Gaza Province from 1910 to 1928. It was manufactured by Achille Legrand in Mons, Belgium.
Maputo owes its economic and political rise at the end of the 19th century to the increasing prominence of the Transvaal state which built and financed the rail connection from Pretoria and Johannesburg (and the coal mines in Transvaal) to the sea port at Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) which opened in 1895.
The train system today is operated by the Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM; Mozambique Ports and Railways) which is the parastatal authority that oversees the railway system of Mozambique and its connected ports. While the station is still in use, trains run infrequently and the station is often deserted.
Like all railroads of Southern Africa, the CFM uses a narrow gauge (Cape gauge), a track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).