BEIRA RAILWAY HISTORY Steam Railway Rhodesia NEW Africa African Rail Line Empire

Product Information\n\nThe Beira Railway by Michael Whitehouse Hardback\n\nClick on the Image to Enlarge zoom_in\n\nDESCRIPTION\nThe Beira Railway, in its 2ft gauge form, only operated over the whole of its 222 mile length, from the African eastern seaboard port of Beira in Mozambique to Umtali on the borders of the new Rhodesia, for two years \uFFFD in 1898 and 1899 \uFFFD but it took ten years in the building. As soon as it was completed, it was converted to the 3ft 6ins Cape gauge and connected with the rest of what was later to become Rhodesia Railways. The railway was promoted by Cecil Rhodes\uFFFD Chartered British South Africa Company to open up the central African tribal lands of the Ndebele and Shona peoples to white rule, and to begin the colonisation of the Rhodesias. The lure of gold and profit for the promoters was the driving force behind its construction, together with Rhodes\uFFFD fervent desire to develop an Africa governed by Britain as a great Imperial power. With m