PhilB Posted 29 August , 2011 Share Posted 29 August , 2011 After being sunk for 10 years! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14677418 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lembke Posted 30 August , 2011 Share Posted 30 August , 2011 A lady friend served in Togo in the Peace Corps in the early 1960's, the country is long and narrow, north and south, and she told me that the railroad and rolling stock put in by the Germans almost 100 years before, running up and down the country, were still running, despite, I am sure, considerable mis-maintainence and abuse. (A close friend has run four railroads in Africa, the problems are hair-raising. In one country, in the north, most of the rail was stolen, and service could not be maintained.) But the trains ran so slowly that she said that if you wanted to stretch your legs you could jump out and trot alongside for a while. Could be poetic license. I bet the gear was made very well, and runs at very low pressure. Bob Lembke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athelstan Posted 1 September , 2011 Share Posted 1 September , 2011 For anyone who missed this story on the MV Liemba aka the Graf Goetzen of African Queen and German East Africa fame check out the link below to the BBC website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14677418 james w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 1 September , 2011 Share Posted 1 September , 2011 Gentlemen, You will find further information here (see page 656> [p.167> of the pdf]) in an article written by Captain Gustav Zimmer - http://www.naval-review.co.uk/issues/1922-4.pdf#Page=161&View=Fit regards Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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