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  2. Nairobi Railway Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Nairobi Railway Museum is a railway museum in Nairobi, Kenya, adjacent to Nairobi railway station. Containing exhibits from the defunct East African Railways, it was opened in 1971 by East African Railways and Harbours Corporation. It is operated by Kenya Railways. [1] The museum has maintained its rail connection.

  3. History of Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    History of Nairobi. The earliest account of Nairobi 's / naɪˈroʊbɪ / history dates back to 1899 when a railway depot was built in a brackish African swamp occupied by a pastoralist people, the Maasai, the sedentary Akamba people, as well as the agriculturalist Kikuyu people who were all displaced by the colonialists.

  4. National Museums of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) is a state corporation that manages museums, sites and monuments in Kenya. It carries out heritage research, and has expertise in subjects ranging from palaeontology, archeology, ethnography and biodiversity research and conservation. Its headquarters and the National Museum ( Nairobi National Museum) are ...

  5. EAR 59 class - Wikipedia

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    5918, 5930. The EAR 59 class is a class of oil-fired 1,000 mm ( 3 ft in) gauge Garratt -type articulated steam locomotives. The 34 members of the class were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company in Manchester, England, for the East African Railways (EAR). They entered service in 1955–56, and were the largest, heaviest and most powerful steam ...

  6. Category:Railway museums in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... Pages in category "Railway museums in Kenya" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. N. Nairobi ...

  7. Timeline of Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    Royal Nairobi Golf Club founded. 1907 - British Government House built. 1909 - East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society established. 1910 East African Standard newspaper headquartered in Nairobi. Museum of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society established. 1912 - Theatre Royal opens. 1913 - Muthaiga Country Club founded.

  8. Nairobi railway station - Wikipedia

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    Nairobi railway station is a railway station located in Nairobi, Kenya. [2] The station is on the metre gauge Uganda Railway, and previously provided services to Mombasa three times per week. [3] However, in 2017, the new Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway took over services to Mombasa, starting from a new Nairobi Terminus in Syokimau, 20km ...

  9. Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, completed in 2017, was built as the first phase of the Kenya Standard Gauge Railway. It is a standard-gauge railway (SGR) in Kenya that connects the large Indian Ocean city of Mombasa with Nairobi, the country's capital and largest city. This SGR runs parallel to the narrow-gauge Uganda Railway that ...

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