Rich Dad: How are we sure this was Enugu and not Bostwana and that the year was actually 1936 and 1998 turn black and white?

Whatever it is. Wherever it may be. The truth is that the rail way system was functional and efficient in Nigeria then.
It's unfortunate that things have gone so bad. Successive military govts paralyzed the sector.
However, it's good to know that GEJ is reviving the rail system. The second phase of the Lagos-Kano was recently awarded to CCCEC. Abuja-Kaduna line is 35 % ongoing. Hopefully this will be a good start to our journey back to the old good days

Sisi_Kill: STUNNING PICTURE OF AIRPORT IN KADUNA (1932)



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The cars in the first picture look "modern"

blink182: Handing it over to the black man is what went wrong.

Ɣ☺Ʊ mean handling it Ť☺ Nigerians because trains still works in southern African countries ΆŋԂ they are blacks

How do we know it's even Enugu, it looks like a scene from some cowboy movie waiting to be jacked by some Indians

blink182: Handing it over to τ̲̣̣̥н̣̣̣̝̇̇̇ε̲̣̣̣̥ black ♏ãn is what went wrong.

Ɣ☺Ʊ mean handling it Ť☺ Nigerians because trains still works in southern African countries ΆŋԂ they are blacks

A-town:


The cars in the first picture look "modern"

lol, yeah

Fake date on the picture. Not even any reason to think it's necessarily in Africa. I wonder if Sisi Kill was being sarcastic.

I nearly cried last November when i went to Enugu train station. I was at the same station in 1988, my last journey then was from Aba to Enugu. At the station last year, i saw a run-down station where almost nothing would suggest it was a busy train station just about a little over two decades ago. I saw where we used to queue for tickets. The eight counters were in alphabetical order. The whole terminal building was empty, only a little bar is left. I couldn't do anything than order a bottle of Amstel malt; remembering dozens of times i boarded train at the station. It was fun in those days, my mind would do calculation of the towns our train would call at on our way to Aba - Agbani, Nnome, Oduma, Afikpo, Ibeku, Ovim, Umuahia etc. I was particularly trilled by the 5 to 10minutes stop at Afikpo. In Afikpo, passengers would have the chance to buy different types of well spiced, cooked Bush meats. Another highlight town was Ovim, folks there and the villages around Umuahia Ibeku, make the best 'Agidi-Biscuitbone' I've ever eaten. Aba train station was a special place for stockfish lovers. In early 80s, well cooked and ready to-go stockfish was sold between 50 to 80Kobo, depending on the size.
It's really sad that Nigeria's endemic corruption has killed our once boisterous rail system. Nigeria Railway Corporation was also one of the companies employees considered their jobs and pensions safe. In a normal clime, we would be talking about high-speed trains in Nigeria today - Port-Harcourt to Kano in 6hrs. Corruption is evil, period !

hmmm nice ok

Guys take a close look at that Kaduna airport pix again. How can those SUVs exist in 1932? Someone's playing a fast one with us here

PhysicsQED:

lol, yeah

Fake date on the picture. Not even any reason to think it's necessarily in Africa. I wonder if Sisi Kill was being sarcastic.

Whaaaa. . .if OP can get away with posting an undated picture of an unnamed place, why can't I?

Sorry I am not as good with the little details as he seems to be.

i think independence is the worst thing that happened to this fake marriage called nigeria....

Lalaska: Guys take a close look at that Kaduna airport pix again. How can those SUVs exist in 1932? Someone's playing a fast one with us here

Oooooh Sherlock Holmes!!!

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Bliss4Lyfe: GEJ is working really hard to restore that rail network(Eastern) the last time i checked. (Completed by November)

http://www.punchng.com/business/transport/eastern-rail-line-rehabilitation-begins-ready-in-10-months/

are you serious sey na white people dey do the manual labor for us?

Sorry to say, I don't believe that picture. . .how do we know that is truly Enugu, and if so, that it was indeed in 1936? I ain't buying that.

nakedall:

are you serious sey na white people dey do the manual labor for us?

No, more likely Chinese, but Railway Engineering even at that level is more skilled than manual labour when you get into modern small tolerance track.

Hmmmm.... 'THINGS FALL APART'
but i'm bringing it back up...check my signature

wandeay: how i wish we are stil under british by now, am sure they wont enslave us abnomally as our so-called leaders are doing us today

Which British? Not the ones on planet earth I guess.

Rich Dad: How are we sure this was Enugu and not Bostwana and that the year was actually 1936 and 1998 turn black and white?

Exactly my thot.... No billboard noting nothing...just a train moving in forest

jude33084:

Ɣ☺Ʊ mean handling it Ť☺ Nigerians because trains still works in southern African countries ΆŋԂ they are blacks

No southafrica is mixture of white and black...remove d white and the country is as good as dead ....am not trying to sound inferior ...as a matter of fact I hate d white ... But it fact is fact ....black mind is bad

blink182: Handing it over to the black man is what went wrong.

Honestly, I have been thinking for a while if something is wrong with the blackman.........

What a shame.............

Pls, anyone who is well grounded in Nigeria history will know that oyibo once packed our feaces

blink182: Handing it over to the black man is what went wrong.

Yes, when oga white man was done mining enough coal and had to go back to his country. But then to make ALL black people LOOK incompetent, then ensured they put incompetent people in place before they left. How nice.

A-town:


The cars in the first picture look "modern"

Fellow , where u been

U just forget USA student thread .

How are tins going down

Sisi_Kill: STUNNING PICTURE OF AIRPORT IN KADUNA (1932)



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Lie...big one! That cant be 1932? look at the picture.. there are modern cars in it...some of us are not that dumb

Sisi_Kill: STUNNING PICTURE OF AIRPORT IN KADUNA (1932)



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Thats my uncle John Smith in the 2nd picture, i recognise him from the long nose, he was the airport lastweek flying back to canada because he couldn't stand the heat in Kaduna

Remii:

1965 coupist are to blame, they derailed plans of our leaders, those who got independence and had plans were killed and power got to hands of those that never planned for it.

blame d hausas 4 mismanagng nd loting nija dry nd blame d yorubas 4 supervisng d loting

Nigeria's rail system started failing and suffered neglet when the Shagari govt appointed a man who has interest in trailer haulage as minister of transport.

Tropilo: Nigeria's rail system started failing and suffered neglet when the Shagari govt appointed a man who has interest in trailer haulage as minister of transport.

my brother thank you, is it not chachangi. Using his trailers to spoil our roads at that time, al though he was forced to repair it later.

blink182: Handing it over to the black man is what went wrong.

On point!

You guys should talk Truth small na. The NRC have been revived(some of their derelict offices rebuilt, workshops and way stations refurbished, and new workers engaged). I also know that trains are now running the Lagos-Ibadan/Ilorin line and that the Lagos-Kano rail tract rehabilitation is complete or almost complete(there is a 'troublesome' bridge somewhere in Kwara I think that is reason South-North train service has not yet started- they were supposed to start in the 1st week of August). The Intra-Lagos train service is fully running; and I heard that other intra-state services like Kaduna and Enugu has also started(can any one confirm this plz).

The Eastern Line(Portharcourt-Maiduguri tract) is been rehabilitated in 3 phases. Can anyone from those areas info us of the progress on that tract so we can put the NRC and the Contractors on their toes(Pics will be much appreciated).

Anyways, for the 1st time in very many years the NRC is back and the total revival of the rail sector seem on course- this year perhaps.
PS: I know nothing about the progress on the contracts of the Modern Standard Gauge Railways recently signed