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Intro and Maps

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I've added an introduction to provide some context, and moved the maps up because they relate to all transport, not just railways. I guess I ought to find some references to back up what I've put in the intro (though I don't think anything I've written is controversial); I've got some but they're all in French, so I'll try to dig out some others. Kahuzi 16:02, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Portage Railway

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Some of the short isolated railway sections are presumably to bypass unnavigatable streches of the river, these being socalled portage railways.

Many of the rivers are also very wide, and thus very expensive to build bridges for road or rail.

Tabletop 07:00, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, they are: former Congo-Railway (Chemin de fer du Congo; Matadi–Kinshasa) Livingstone Falls and the 1st section of the former Big Lakes Line (Chemin de fer des Grands Lacs; Stanleyville/Kisangani–Pontierville/U.) Stanley Falls.--Eruedin 23:58, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]