series The Sierra Leone Government Railway operated in Sierra Leone from 1897 to 1974. It was unusual in that it formed a national railway system constructed...
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side in Sierra Leone, but the in 2012 the government was failing at enforcing this law. There are 84 kilometres (52 mi) of railway in Sierra Leone, of which...
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transportation, commercial, and educational centre of Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Government Railway was closed in 1974. The inhabitants of Bo are known...
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Freetown (redirect from Freetown, Sierra Leone)
city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major...
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Parliament of Sierra Leone is the legislative branch of the government of Sierra Leone. It is principally responsible for making laws. The Sierra Leone parliament...
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common carrier railroads, as the 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge Sierra Leone Government Railway from Freetown through Bo to Kenema and Daru with a branch to...
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Sierra Leone first became inhabited by indigenous African peoples at least 2,500 years ago. The Limba were the first tribe known to inhabit Sierra Leone...
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the Railway Department of the Sierra Leone Government participated in a strike. This strike represented the first time a trade union in Sierra Leone was...
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Garratt locomotive (section Sierra Leone)
performing shunting duties around the city of Bulawayo. On the Sierra Leone Government Railway, this 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge system had 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratts...
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The National Railway Museum is a railway museum in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The museum was opened in 2005. The Sierra Leone Government Railway closed in 1974...
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Kenema (redirect from Kenema, Sierra Leone)
Kenema is one of Sierra Leone's most ethnically diverse cities. Like most parts of Sierra Leone, the Krio language of the Sierra Leone Creole people is...
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Siaka Stevens (category Government ministers of Sierra Leone)
Siaka Probyn Stevens (24 August 1905 – 29 May 1988) was the leader of Sierra Leone from 1967 to 1985, serving as Prime Minister from 1967 to 1971 and as...
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Railway stations in Sierra Leone include: The MSN and FallingRain and UNHCR maps still show the railway lines closed in 1974. UN Map of Sierra Leone -...
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Sierra Leone, (/siˌɛrə liˈoʊn(i)/ , also UK: /siˌɛərə -/, US: /ˌsɪərə -/; Krio: Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest...
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Tourism in Sierra Leone is an important growing national service industry. Beaches and other natural habitats are the biggest parts of the nation's tourism...
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western Sierra Leone located near the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown. The city was formerly served by a railway station on the Sierra Leone Government Railway...
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2-6-2+2-6-2 (section Sierra Leone)
pivoting rear engine unit positioned beneath the coal bunker. The Sierra Leone Government Railway acquired altogether 27 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge 2-6-2+2-6-2...
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Fourah Bay College (category Universities and colleges in Sierra Leone)
public university in the neighbourhood of Mount Aureol in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Founded on 18 February 1827, it is the first western-style university...
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History of rail transport (redirect from Railway history)
transport in Mauritius History of rail transport in Rwanda Sierra Leone Government Railway History of rail transport in Tanzania History of rail transport...
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this time, Hunslet was building a series of 2-6-2Ts for the Sierra Leone Government Railway, design elements of which were included in the construction...
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Trade unions in Sierra Leone first emerged in the period around World War I, with reports indicating that civil servants organised unions as early as 1912...
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Saudi Arabia. In West Africa, it is active in Guinea, Mali, Senegal, and Sierra Leone, and operates in the rest of the continent in ( bolivia- ref ferreteria...
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All People's Congress (category 1960 establishments in Sierra Leone)
Sierra Leone, the other being its main political rival the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). The APC has been the main opposition party in Sierra Leone...
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Presidential Award (redirect from Presidential Award (Sierra Leone))
Momodu Bangura, 2014 – Railway work. Mohamed Kallon, 2013 Momoh Bangura, 2013 – Assistant Superintendent of the Sierra Leone Police Force. Momoh Mohamed...
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Mamamah International Airport (category Airports in Sierra Leone)
was an airport under construction in Sierra Leone. It was part of the infrastructure to be built as Sierra Leone prepared to shift its political and administrative...
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Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR) (Welsh: Rheilffordd y Trallwng a Llanfair Caereinion) is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in Powys, Wales...
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2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies...
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I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson (category Members of the Legislative Council of Sierra Leone)
a Sierra Leonean, British West African workers' leader, journalist, activist and politician. Born into a poor Creole family in British Sierra Leone, he...
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Edward Wilmot Blyden III (category Ambassadors of Sierra Leone to Bulgaria)
Freetown Sierra Leone Protectorate. He distinguished himself as an educator and contributor to post-colonial discourse on African self-government, and Third...
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Indian aid to Africa (section Sierra Leone)
in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The country also donated $50,000 worth of medical equipment and medicines directly to the Government of Sierra Leone...
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