The Railway Link to Namibia

[Steve Appleton]

"The railway line that connects South Africa to Namibia is now 100 years old and owes its origin to the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914. The cross border stretch between Prieska, Northern Cape and Karasburg (formerly Kalkfontein), Namibia was hastily built as a military railway to give logistical support to General Louis Botha’s troops in his 1915 invasion of what was then German South West Africa (a colony twice the size of the Fatherland)."
One of a series of articles about South African railways posted on The Heriatge Portal and written by Peter Ball.
Read it at: http://www.theheritageportal.co.za/arti ... nk-namibia.