page_title: Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Congo
section_title: The railway in literature
hierarchical_section_title: Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Congo / The railway in literature
caption_attribution_description: English: Congo Railways
context_page_description: The Railway Company of the Congo was a narrow gauge railway company in the Congo, which built and operated the Matadi–Kinshasa Railway initially with a gauge of 750 mm.
context_section_description: Joseph Conrad witnessed the hard labour on the railway line, when he worked in the Congo Free State, and subsequently mentioned this in his well-known novel Heart of Darkness.
caption: Staff of Matadi Railway Station with native workers
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