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broke out. The railway was heavily damaged during the war and progressively fell into disuse. The workshops in Huambo were destroyed. Ballast cars had to be coupled to the front of locomotives to detonate mines. By 1992, only 340 km (210 mi) of the railway remained in operation. When the
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The CFB, up until the early 1970's, was steam operated, with the locomotives being predominantly wood burning (80%). Cubal was an engine changing point on the line where the oil fired engines coming up from
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The 67-station railway has a design speed of 90 km per hour, involving a total investment of 1.83 billion U.S. dollars, according to the company. ... The railway, built in the form of EPC (engineering, procurement, construction), not only adopted
Chinese standards, but procured all equipment
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started, 500 kilometres (310 mi) had been completed. Construction was halted until 1920 after which the railway's connection to Luau at the border to the
Belgian Congo was completed in 1929. The primary purpose was to facilitate export trade, while "the domestic Angolan traffic would be of
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purchased a minority share in Tanks in 1923 and acquired a controlling interest in 1981. The
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Caminho de Ferro de Benguela-E.P. employed 1,321 workers, and transported 129,430 passengers and 5,640 tons of goods in 2011. Two trains per day run between Lobito and Benguela, one per week to Huambo, and three per week between Lobito and
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ANGOLA: CNR Dalian has delivered the first five of 15 diesel locomotives ordered last year. Rated at 1715 kW, the 1067 mm gauge CKD8F locomotives have a top speed of 160 km/h and feature air-conditioned cabs and dust filters for use in the desert
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Lisboa (now Huambo), 5 570 feet above sea level. ... To the east of Cubal the CFB grew eucalyptus (blue gum) forests which were located at appropriate intervals along the line for the refuelling of the engines.
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A brief history of the Benguela railway, describing its construction through Angola, Portuguese West Africa, and the important role it is destined to play in the development of Southern and Central Africa.
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Unofficial timetable of passenger trains (Fahrplancenter)
1846:"Comboio experimental do CFB chegou este sábado ao Kuito"
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1679:"Angola Restore Copper Rail Line After Four Decade Halt"
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1539:"A Portuguese concession to construct a railway".
1327:. International Railway Journal. August 25, 2021.
1603:, Saturday, 24 August 1974, Issue 6835, Page 74.
1404:"Angola rail line, built by China, gets rolling"
1325:Angola to launch concession for Benguela Railway
1615:"EMPRESA DO CAMINHO DE FERRO DE BENGUELA- E.P."
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1504:(4). American Geographical Society: 460–487.
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2145:1929 establishments in the Belgian Congo
2030:World's worst rail disasters BBC Article
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1150:China Railway Construction Corporation
912:Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
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1800:"Benguela - More than just a current"
1702:. Railway Gazette. 16 February 2015.
1644:"Benguela - More than just a current"
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1770:The University of Manchester Library
1747:. Indiana University Press. p.
1766:"Tanks Group Archive c. 1900-1960s"
1677:McClelland, Colin (25 March 2013).
1452:. Railway Gazette. 13 August 2012.
1430:Noble, Kenneth (13 November 1989).
1291:History of rail transport in Angola
180:Angola-Congo-Zambia railway network
2130:3 ft 6 in gauge railways in Angola
2044:Benguela Railway Company. (1929).
1583:(12 October). 1907. Archived from
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2048:London: Benguela Railway Company.
1833:Jornal de Economia & Finanças
1806:. 11 January 2015. Archived from
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1868:"FIRST CFB TRAIN REACHES LUAU"
1402:Zhao, Lei (16 February 2015).
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1717:Clarence-Smith, W.G. (1985).
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1739:Hanlon, Joseph (1986).
1210:Lobito Atlantic Railway
1204:Lobito Atlantic Railway
1198:Lobito Atlantic Railway
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1681:. Bloomberg Business.
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1208:On July 4, 2023, the
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68:Angola and D.R. Congo
1958:Boechat, Geraldine.
1810:on 24 September 2015
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1181:Tenke Fungurume Mine
1804:The Heritage Portal
1648:The Heritage Portal
1510:1956GeoRv..46..460H
1498:Geographical Review
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