Early railways at the Cape
By: Jose Burman.
Publisher: Human & Rousseau
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Railroads -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope.
First sentence: At first sight a book about railways might appear to hold little of interest to anyone other than a railway enthusiast - but such first sight could not be more wrong.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 156.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 7; label: 1.
title: From the ox to the iron horse
pagenum: 11; label: 2.
title: The first railway
pagenum: 15; label: 3.
title: How they brought the line to Wynberg
pagenum: 33; label: 4.
title: The Namaqualand copper line
pagenum: 41; label: 5.
title: The Cape Government Railways
pagenum: 49; label: 6.
title: Wellington to De Aar
pagenum: 52; label: 7.
title: The Midland line
pagenum: 64; label: 8.
title: The Eastern line
pagenum: 79; label: 9.
title: Kimberley at last
pagenum: 91; label: 10.
title: Wynberg to Simon's Town
pagenum: 97; label: 11.
title: The Sea Point railway
pagenum: 107; label: 12.
title: Cape Central Railways
pagenum: 114; label: 13.
title: The Caledon line
pagenum: 121; label: 14.
title: Narrow-gauge lines
pagenum: 126; title: The Avontuur railway
pagenum: 126; title: Kalbaskraal to Hopefield
pagenum: 131; title: The "coffee-pot" railway
pagenum: 133; label: 15.
title: The railway war
pagenum: 136; label: 16.
title: The war and the railway
pagenum: 141; label: 17.
title: End of the Cape Government Railways
pagenum: 151; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 156; title: Index
pagenum: 159