Rahama, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rahama is a small town in the highlands of central Nigeria. It was served for a time by the extra narrow gauge Bauchi Light Railway which connected Zaria in the north to Jos in the south. In later times, this route was replaced by a better graded normal gauge railway on a different alignment. The Bauchi Light Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway built in 1914 to carry tin from Jos in Nigeria to the main line 1, 067 mm (3 ft 6 in) railway at Zaria. The railway opened in sections 1912-1914, Jos-Bukuru (16km) was widened to 1.067m in 1927, while the remainder closed 30 Sep 1957.Zaria is located to the north of Jos and the light railway was later rebuilt with a shorter connection to the main 1, 067 mm (3 ft 6 in) railway to the south. It also connected Bukuru. The line was 184km long.