== Sierra Leone Government Railway == 

 Here is a coincidence. Everard Calthrop, a strong advocate of of narrow gauge railways, particularly of 2'6" gauge, opened a railway consultancy in Liverpool in 1892, and later advocates a narrow gauge railway connecting Liverpool and Manchester in a competition run by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. In 1893 the LCC promotes the construction of the Sierra Leone Government Railway, which was subsequently built in 2'6" gauge. Was there any connection?