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Sierra Leone Government Railway

Index Sierra Leone Government Railway

The Sierra Leone Government Railway operated in Sierra Leone from 1897 to 1974. [1]

25 relations: Axle load, Bo, Sierra Leone, Bradford, Sierra Leone, Freetown, Garratt, Hudswell Clarke, Hunslet Engine Company, Index of Sierra Leone-related articles, Kenema, List of Hunslet narrow-gauge locomotive designs, List of preserved Hunslet narrow-gauge locomotives, Narrow-gauge lines of the Victorian Railways, Paxman Hi-Dyne engine, Rail transport in Sierra Leone, Railway stations in Sierra Leone, Russell (locomotive), Sierra Leone National Railway Museum, Transport in Sierra Leone, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, William Shelford (engineer), 1946 Birthday Honours, 1955 Birthday Honours, 1969 New Year Honours, 2 ft 6 in gauge railways, 2-6-2+2-6-2.

Axle load

The axle load of a wheeled vehicle is the total weight felt by the roadway for all wheels connected to a given axle.

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Bo, Sierra Leone

Bo, also commonly referred to as Bo Town, is the third largest city in Sierra Leone by population (after Freetown and Kenema) and the largest city in the Southern Province.

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Bradford, Sierra Leone

Bradford is a town in western Sierra Leone, not far from the capital.

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Freetown

Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone.

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Garratt

A Garratt (often referred to as a Beyer Garratt) is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated into three parts.

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Hudswell Clarke

Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Hunslet Engine Company

The Hunslet Engine Company was founded in 1864 in Hunslet, Leeds, England.

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Index of Sierra Leone-related articles

Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Sierra Leone include.

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Kenema

Kenema is the second largest city in Sierra Leone (after Freetown), and the largest city in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone.

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List of Hunslet narrow-gauge locomotive designs

Below are the details of the types of narrow-gauge steam locomotives designed and built by the Hunslet Engine Company.

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List of preserved Hunslet narrow-gauge locomotives

This page is a list of preserved narrow-gauge steam locomotives built by the Hunslet Engine Company.

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Narrow-gauge lines of the Victorian Railways

The former Victorian Railways, the state railway authority in Victoria, Australia, built a number of experimental narrow-gauge lines around the beginning of the 20th century.

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Paxman Hi-Dyne engine

The Paxman Hi-Dyne engine was a form of experimental diesel engine developed for rail transport use by the British engine makers Paxman of Colchester.

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Rail transport in Sierra Leone

There are 84 kilometres of railway in Sierra Leone, all of which is private and of a narrow gauge,.

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Railway stations in Sierra Leone

Railway stations in Sierra Leone include.

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Russell (locomotive)

Russell is a narrow gauge steam locomotive originally built in 1906 for the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways (NWNGR), but most famously associated with the original Welsh Highland Railway (WHR), and currently undergoing a rebuild at the Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog).

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Sierra Leone National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum is a railway museum in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

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Transport in Sierra Leone

There are a number of systems of transport in Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa, which possess road, rail, air and water infrastructure, including a network of highways and several airports.

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Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR) (Rheilffordd y Trallwng a Llanfair Caereinion) is a narrow gauge heritage railway in Powys, Wales.

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William Shelford (engineer)

Sir William Shelford KCMG (1834–1905) was an English civil engineer.

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1946 Birthday Honours

The 1946 King's Birthday Honours, celebrating the official birthday of King George VI, were announced on 13 June 1946 for the United Kingdom and British Empire.

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1955 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1955 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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1969 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1969 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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2 ft 6 in gauge railways

gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of.

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2-6-2+2-6-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive using a pair of power units back to back, with the boiler and cab suspended between them.

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History of rail transport in Sierra Leone.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Government_Railway

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