Rail transport in Beira under Portuguese rule

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The rail traffic in Beira under Portuguese rule was on three networks with different track performed.

Narrow-gauge railway Beira – Umtali (610 mm and later 1067 mm gauge)

The Beira – Umtali narrow-gauge railway was a 329-kilometer-long railway line with a gauge of 610 mm (2 Fu0 ) from Beira in what is now Mozambique to Umtali in what is now Zimbabwe . According to other sources, it had the unusual metric gauge of 650 mm (about 25.6 inches), which cannot be traced back to any European inch measure. It was built under Portuguese rule in Mozambique and opened in sections from 1892–1898.

  • Steam locomotive No. 3 (No. 1 and 2 were identical)

  • Beira Railway class F2 steam locomotive

  • Class F4 steam locomotive No. 38

The narrow-gauge railway was to 9 July 1900 Cape gauge (1067 mmm) umgespurt .

  • Cape Gauge Railway in Beira, July 9, 1900

  • Arrival of the first Cape Gauge Railway in Beira, July 9, 1900

  • Group photo during the opening trip of the Kapspur Railway

Steam tram (610 mm)

The steam tram ( Portuguese : Trâmuei ) had a track width of 610 mm. It was operated from September 26, 1901 to 1906. At the time of inauguration, it had a total length of 6.5 km. In addition to passenger traffic, it also carried sand and other goods. The 5 ton Decauville steam locomotive belonged to the construction company Pauling & Cº.

  • Opening of the Trâmuei with the D. Carlos steam locomotive , 1901

  • Sand transport with the Trâmuei, 1906

  • Sand transport with the Trâmuei, 1906

Field track (500 mm)

The Official Light Railroad ( Portuguese Caminho da Repartição ) with a track width of 500 mm used hand-pushed trolleys to transport people.

  • Passenger transport, 1892

  • Governor and General Secretary of the Caminho da Repartição

  • Kiosks Flor in Beira

photos

More than 200 photos of the three tracks are preserved in the photo archive of the Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo :

Commons : Narrow-gauge railway in Beira under Portuguese rule (650 mm)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Decauville Steam Tram (600mm)  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : Trolleys - Official light rail (500 mm)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Don Strack: Railroads of Central and Southern Africa .
  2. ^ German Society for Railway History.
  3. ^ Emídio Gardé: Beira - Galeria de Photos.

Coordinates: 19 ° 49 ′ 35.3 ″  S , 34 ° 50 ′ 14.6 ″  E