BASIL ROBERTS PHOTOGRAPHS (SLIDES) April 1. Box 3. 7. 03. 01. T at Porto Amboim 2' gauge (WB 1. SOURCE: Purchased from B Roberts executors with copyright.
Industrial Railway Record – Angola. There is a small jetty at Amboim whereby cargo is transhipped by. COCONUTS, CANE AND COFFEE. There is a small jetty at Amboim whereby cargo is transhipped by lighters to and.
Industrial Railway Record – Angola. THE INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY RECORDNo. RICKWOOD(Photographs by the Author) The Portuguese province of Angola covers an area of 1,2. Africa between latitudes 4 S and 1. S. Considering that the territory is largely undeveloped, Angola is surprisingly well served by railways and at the time of writing there are 2.
Caminhos de Ferro de Angola (Luanda section) – CFA(L) – 4. Caminhos de Ferro de Angola (Mo.
The CFB joins up at Dilolo with the Chemin de Fer du Bas- Congo au Katanga (BCK) and is thus connected with the vast railway system of Central and Southern Africa. Such entries in the Club’s Overseas Records as “The Engineering Company of Portugal, Amboim – Bagnall 2.
So off I went on the Wednesday 0. Canhoca on a voyage of discovery. I was not to be disappointed as here was an active 6. Soon it was time to join the twice- weekly mixed train for Golungo Alto, which comprised two composite coaches (painted a brilliant carmine) plus one covered van. In addition, the locomotive was provided with a .
PORTO AMBOIM RAILWAY A. BASIL ROBERTS PHOTOGRAPHS (SLIDES) April 1970. Box 3 703017 2-8-2T at Porto Amboim 2' gauge (WB 1942) in steam. Piero Taruffi, piloto de corridas italiano (m. Joe Cronin, jogador de beisebol norte-americano (m. 1910 - Bob Sheppard, narrador norte. Angola : Angola, officially. AFRICAN DAWN freighter 8328/1942 in late 1940s & early 1960. AMBOIM passenger 5895/1948 in1949. John H Marsh Maritime Research Centre/Iziko Maritime Centre. Companhia Colonial de Navegaceo. Established jointly in 1922 by Sociedade Agricola de Ganda, Companhia do Amboim de Angola and Ed.
The rear half of this vehicle served as a baggage van and also contained a ! All the rolling stock and locomotives were built by Orenstein & Koppel during the 1.
A couple of stops were made in the middle of nowhere before we reached Cambondo (1. I felt envious, but a local character came to the rescue with green tangerines which tasted surprisingly ripe. The next station had to be my destination as I needed to return to Luanda that evening.
In situ ground observation measurement of precipitation is difficult in vast and sparsely populated areas. 1942 to 74: 65.1: 22.4: 1.5.
This train doesn’t belong to Africa, I thought to myself. It’s too Germanic – a sort of Jungle Feldbahn! Occasionally a brightly coloured bird flitted between the trees. Coconut palms stood aloof and the banana trees were plentiful.
As I sat on the rail to await the Canhoca- bound . Faint noises at first, and then a clearly audible siren announced the approach of “AL 1. Perkins- engines Wickham railcar, which I managed to halt at my outpost. The railcar runs a daily return trip from Golungo Alto, primarily for mail. Being the only passenger, I joined the driver for the journey down the winding slopes. Canhoca and its surrounding green hills soon came into view, and after sounding the . Besides the twice- weekly .
As the next ’plane onwards to Lobito was three days later, I had ample time to explore the 6. Caminho de Ferro do Amboim (CFA) which runs from Porto Amboim inland to Gabela (1. The hinterland is an important coffee- growing region, and it was to serve the plantations that the railway was originally constructed in 1. There is a small jetty at Amboim whereby cargo is transhipped by lighters to and from ocean vessels anchored off.
Other than a small fish factory, this is Porto Amboim! Unfortunately, I had picked the wrong half of the week for the weekly return mixed train to Gabela, for which one of the Bagnall 2.
There are also three return trips per week by Wickham railcar, but the return fare of 1. The line climbs 1. Gabela and apparently there are sidings serving the coffee fazendas. The coffee- picking season is in August, at which time four steam locomotives may be used daily. For the remainder of the year goods traffic is light, although the peace of my first evening in Porto Amboim was shattered by the deep whistle of a Henschel 2. During the rest of my sojourn, no steam locomotive moved but native fitters were . Statistics for 1.
Krauss 0- 4- 0. WT No,1 at Catumbela Sugar Factory. Orenstein & Koppel 0- 8- 2. T No. 6. 1 at Canhoca.
Additionally there are the remains of several locomotives which were used on the construction of the railway. The steam engines are wood- burning, the fuel originating from forests some way up the line, and tenders are provided for the wood and supplementary water supply.
There are three petrol railcars, of which two were supplied by Wickham in 1. The third came from the “Casa Draisinenbau” in 1.
Ford engine, and has a capacity of three passengers. The railways latest acquisition is a diesel- powered Wickham, supplied in 1. BOA VIAGEM. Most of the seventy- four wagons and four brakevans were lying around the sidings at Porto Amboim and a full list was obtained over the three days.
The passenger coaches and earlier wagons bore Robert Hudson plates, but later wagons appear to have been constructed locally. This was an Italian production with French dialogue and Portuguese sub- titles, featuring of all places the Caribbean!
Appropriately, it included some scenes of a narrow gauge American locomotive working in one of the sugar plantations. For then you can sample the 9.
Bagnall. 26. 37/4. CUANZA- SOL2- 8- 2. TW. Bagnall. 26. 38/4. BOA- ENTRADA2- 8- 0. THenschel. 28. 45.
EBO2- 8- 0. THenschel. TBaldwin. 46. 26. TLinke Hoffman 3. Baldwin 4. 62. 62 was originally U. S. Army 5. 00. 7. Also lying around were several boilers and three frames ofwhat appear to have been eight- coupled locomotives.* * * My third and last encounter with the 6. Angola started with a chance glimpse of a German well tank locomotive from a local CFB train on the coastal plain between Lobito and Benguela.
I managed to return and inspect the rolling stock of the Sociedad Agricola Cassequel Limitada who own a sugar mill at Catumbela. The plantation railways are now operated entirely by a mixed bag of German and American diesels but the two original Krauss steam locomotives are preserved in a primitive open air museum. For the agricultural steam enthusiast, this . What do the CFA(M) use on the 6. S? What works on the 2.
Cuio sugar railway owned by the Companhia do Assucar de Angola? And does the railway still exist on the equatorial isle of S.