The unintended outcome of the railway was the creation of what are Uganda’s current urban areas. ... In life and death, Uganda’s railway remains a lunatic express Friday, July 15, 2022 ...

The construction of the Lunatic Express Wednesday, April 25, 2012 — updated on September 14, 2020 Railway men pose for a photograph on a railway trolley in the middle of a bridge in 1885.

It is impossible to revisit the history of Kenya without a mention of the Uganda Railway, what was termed the ‘Lunatic Express’. What is today Rift Valley Railways began as Uganda Railways ...

In his 1971 book The Lunatic Express: An Entertainment in Imperialism, Charles Miller pondered over the Uganda Railway and the pitfalls that befell its construction. Some challenges were policy ...

The Uganda Railway. Omnibus 'The lunatic express'. The story of the building of the Ugandan Railway, on which over two thousand men lost their lives one hundred years ago.

The launching of Seacom’s fiber optic cable in July was the single most important infrastructure investment in eastern Africa since the construction of the Uganda Railway, then dubbed "The Lunatic ...

Nairobi - Courts in Kenya and Uganda have temporarily halted the transfer of the 104-year-old Kenyan-Uganda Railway, better known as the "Lunatic Express," to a South African-led consortium, officials ...

Take a ride on the Lunatic Express -- the Kenya-Uganda Railway -- and follow the path of the first safari expeditions. East Africa’s best kept secret - BBC Travel Homepage ...

It is bedtime in Mombasa and the trade winds from the Indian Ocean draw a thick quilt of cloud over the sleeping town. At Mombasa station, however, the overnight train to Nairobi is already ...

Book Review - In his book, The Lunatic Express, Charles Miller paints a picture of pre-railway Mombasa as a scene of medieval depravity, drawing a line in time when European modernity burst into ...