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It is a railway built by the Chinese from Dar es Salaam (the capital of Tanzania) going directly West towards the border. It didn't get beyond the border (about 400 miles) and ended in the middle of nowhere, serving no population centres on the way. It slowly deteriorated because the locals had no money for upkeep or the technical knowledge. Anything not nailed down was stolen. I saw it in 1975 when it was still new and shiny. There was a two part programme about it on TV a couple of years ago.
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