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Hill, M F : Permanent Way: The Story of the Kenya and Uganda Railway - being the official history of the development of the transport system in Kenya and Uganda

Nairobi: East African Railways and Harbours, 1961.

2nd Edition including expanded index and additional plates (1st edition 1949), large heavy hardback, very good condition, in a good unclipped (£2 7s 6d) dust-jacket - creased and small chips at edges, publisher's original green clothboards with gilt blocking to front and spine, 591 pages including index plus 10 additional pages of sepia plates of locomotives at rear, sepia photo illustrations throughout, 2 fold-out maps, over 2 kg (additional postage)------------The story of the kenya and uganda railway. Being the official history of the development of their transport system. Contents. Part 1. East africa before the building of the railway. I. 'Spheres of influence' ii. The advance to Uganda. iii. Design for a railway and retention of Uganda. iv. Survey and report. v. Mission and decision. Part 2. The building of the railway. vi from mobassa to nairobi. vii. From Nairobi to the lake. Part 3. The building of a colony. viii. The start of settlement. ix. Shaping things to come. x. Sir percy girouard: and the second move of the masai. xi progress and problems. xii the first german war, 1914-19. Part 4. Between two german wars. xiii post war problems. xiv years of trial and reorganisation:1919-24. xv the railway reaches uganda: the gilded years 1924-8. xvi the great depression and years of argument: 1929-39. Part 5. The second german war and after. xvii the great achievement. Foreword by Sir Reginald Robins - Commissioner of transport 1948-1953.

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