Rail transport in the Central African Republic

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The rail traffic in the Central African Republic was limited to a not-powered short railway line and a rail project that has not been implemented.

Historic train

The only railway line that was operated in what is now the Central African Republic ran from Zinga to Mongo . It was only 7.5 km long and was in operation from 1930 to 1962, after the construction of a 2.5 m deep canal begun in 1949 to circumnavigate the rapids was completed. It was a narrow-gauge railway of the gauge mm 600th The operator was the Compagnie Générale de Transport en Afrique Equatoriale .

Rolling stock

Two sources name the rolling stock of this short railway line:

  • O&K 0-4-0T N °. 020
  • O&K 0-6-2T N °. 031
  • ex-HFB 0-8-0T N °. 040
  • ex-USATC Baldwin 2-6-2T N °. 131.
  • two diesel locomotives from 1954

Former rail project

During the phase of autonomy of the Central African Republic within the French Community , there were plans around 1958 for a railway line of around 870 km from Bangui to Fort Lamy (today: N'Djamena ) in Chad . The project was abandoned after independence.

literature

  • Neil Robinson: World Rail Atlas and Historical Summary 7 = North, East and Central Africa .oO 2009. ISBN 978-954-92184-3-5
  • Jean-Pierre Dubarry, Lignes perdues en Centrafrique , Connaissances du Rail N °. 208, 11/2008
  • AE Durrant / CP Lewis / AA Jorgensen: Steam in Africa . Cape Town: C. Struik, 1981.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Rob Dickinson: Extant Steam in the Central African Republic, 2012.
  2. ^ Robinson, p. 14, map 42a.
  3. ^ AE Durrant / CP Lewis / AA Jorgensen: Steam in Africa .
  4. ↑ Robinson, p. 14.