Sierra Leone Mountain Railway
| Sierra Leone Mountain Railway | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1903 |
| resolution | 1929 |
| Seat |
Freetown , Sierra Leone
|
| Branch | traffic |
| Status: May 15, 2020 | |
Sierra Leone Mountain Railway (SLMR) was from 1903 to 1929, as part of the Sierra Leone Government Railway , an independent operator of an urban railway network in Freetown , the capital of Sierra Leone in West Africa .
The 5.5 mile long rail network (Mountain Railway) led from the Cotton Tree in the center of Freetown to Hill Station in the district of the same name . The route was primarily used by wealthy residents as a means of transport from their preferred residential areas to the city.
The railway line was closed in 1929 because motor vehicles had proven to be a faster and easier means of transport.
literature
- Phillip Beale, Vic Mitchell: Sierra Leone Narrow Gauge . Middleton Press, Midhurst, West Sussex, UK 2004, ISBN 9781904474289 .
- Anthony Coulls: Sierra Leone: Railway Adventure . Holne Publishing, Leeds, UK 2014, ISBN 9780956331779 .
- D. Trever Rowe: The Sierra Leone Government Railway , in: Locomotives International , No. 41, December 1997-January 1998.
- G. Thorne: Scrapbook of Narrow Gauge Drawings , 7mm Narrow Gauge Association, 1996.
Web links
- Recordings and information on the SLMR of the National Railway Museum of Sierra Leone (English)
- History of the railways in Sierra Leone (PDF; English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The Railways of Salone. Sierra Leone National Railway Museum. Retrieved June 8, 2017.