125 years after the first railroad in Nigeria was constructed by the British colonial government in 1898; the independent Nigerian government has dominated the airwaves in Nigeria doing one of the best duties of government: bombarding the citizens with news about their remarkable feat/achievement in the railways, precisely, the plan to connect Rivers state with the states of… please remind me
Reports have it
that railways existed as early as 1550, in Germany. The railway of that time operated
in the form of horse-powered furniculars through pathways of wooden rails
referred to as wagonways. It was a system made possible through the operation of
horse-drawn wagons or carts that move along dirt roads. The Man/Animal-hauled railways.
According to the reports, the wooden rails system prevailed until the late 1700s when iron replaced the wooden rails and wheels and wagonways transformed into "tramways". This one became popular in Europe, meanwhile, the horses still provided the power: "horsepower".
By the early 1800s, precisely 1802, the modern rail transport began when the British steam-powered locomotive found its way into the transportation arena.
While the Nigerian government is planning to connect River state and others, my friend and I have already concluded our own plan and embarked on a tour to the monument train that was constructed or built in 1920...
Why not conclude your own plans early and contact
for a tour of this nature an more. Just remembered the words of a friend that said his first flight was climbing up and down a tree...
Nnabugwu Chizoba
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