Chitima cheRovos Rail: Kutenderera kubva kuCape kuenda kuTanzania

Chitima chevashanyi cheRovos Rail chiri munzira kubva kuCape Town kuenda kuDar es Salaam muTanzania parwendo rwayo rwegore negore rwevintage kubva kumucheto kwekondinendi yeAfrica kusvika pamoyo wayo, ichitenderera nenzvimbo dzinozivikanwa dzekukwezva vashanyi kumaodzanyemba kweAfrica.

Chitima chemhando yepamusoro chakasiya Victoria Falls neMuvhuro svondo rino, chakananga kuchamhembe kuDar es Salaam murwendo rwayo rwemazuva gumi nemashanu kubva kuSouth Africa kuenda kuEast Africa.

Mishumo kubva kune varongi verwendo vakati chitima ichi chinofanira kusvika muDar es Salaam Mugovera pakati-mangwanani svondo rino, Chikunguru 15. Rwendo urwu rwemasvondo maviri rwunofamba neSouth Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, neTanzania uye nderimwe zvitima zvevintage zvakakurumbira munyika.

Rwendo rwunotanga muCape Town kutora vaenzi kumusha wenhoroondo weMatjiesfontein, taundi redhaimani reKimberley, uye guta guru rePretoria neMadikwe Game Reserve muSouth Africa.

Chitima chinopfuurira kuburikidza neBotswana kupinda muZimbabwe kwehusiku humwe kuVictoria Falls Hotel, ndokuyambuka rwizi Zambezi rukuru kuenda kuZambia uye kujoina Tanzania Zambia Railway kuenda kuChisimba Falls uko vashanyi vanofarira kufamba musango.

Inopinda muganhu weTanzania ichibva yadzika ichipinda muGreat Rift Valley ichitaurirana nezvematanho, switchbacks, uye viaducts yekuyevedza kunokwira muSouthern Highlands yeTanzania.

Mbeya, padyo nemuganhu weZambia, ndiro guta rekutanga kugamuchirwa nechitima cheRovos Rail nguva pfupi vachangopinda muTanzania.

Kubva kuMbeya, chitima chinodimbura nzvimbo dzinoyevedza dzekuSouth Highlands dzinosanganisira Livingstone Mountains, Kipengere Ranges, uye Great Rift Valley. Inobva yadzika muRift Valley, ichipa vafambi vayo mukana wekuona nekunakidzwa nekuyevedza zvinoyevedza sezvo chitima ichiita tuneti makumi maviri nematatu isati yacheka nepakati peSelous Game Reserve, inzvimbo hombe yemhuka dzesango muAfrica.

Kufukidza makiromita mazana matanhatu, rwendo rwemashure evhiki mbiri-rwakashongedzwa kubva kuCape kuenda kuDar es Salaam kunoitika gore rega rega paEdwardian Chitima chevintage chichipfuura nepamaodzanyemba kusvika kumabvazuva kweAfrica kumisangano yevashanyi.

Inozivikanwa se "Chishamiso njanji," njanji yeTanzania neZambia iri pakati penzira dzakareba uye dzazvino njanji mu Africa nehunyanzvi hweChinese. Iyo njanji 1,067-mm gauge inovhara chinhambwe chemakiromita 1,860 (1,160 mamaira) kubva kuguta guru reTanzania reDar es Salaam kumahombekombe eIndian Ocean kuenda kuguta reZambia rebhandi remhangura reKapiri-Mposhi.

Inoyambuka uye inopfuura nepakati pezvinhu zvinoyevedza kusanganisira makumi maviri nematanhatu kutema kuburikidza neEastern Arc mitsara munzvimbo dzakakwirira dzekumaodzanyemba kweTanzania uye neGreat Rift Valley rim. Tunnel yakareba kwazvo inosvika 23 metres kuburikidza nemakomo akareba.

Iyi migero yakasviba inoita njanji pakati pezvinhu zvinonakidza chero mushanyi angafarikanye achifamba mumakiromita 920 kubva kuDar es Salaam kuenda kumuganhu weZambia weNakonde.

Kubva kuDar es Salaam kuenda kuKapiri Mposhi, njanji inoyambuka kana kupfuura pamabhiriji anopfuura mazana matatu nekumira muzviteshi zana nemakumi mana nenomwe.

Zvakatora zviuru makumi mashanu zvevashandi vezvitima vechiChinese nemainjiniya nevamwe 50,000 vekuTanzania neveZambia vashandi kuisa pasi mazana matatu nemakumi matatu ematani enzira yesimbi inorema kuti njanji iyi iende. Vashandi vakatamisa mamirioni makumi masere nemasere emamichubhu epasi nedombo kupedzisa kuvaka njanji, kusanganisira nekuisa pasi zviuru zviviri nemazana maviri nemakumi maviri neshanu dzekongiri.

Vanegumi nevaviri vekuChinese vanoongorora vakafamba netsoka vachipfuura nemumakomo nenzvimbo dzesango kwemwedzi mipfumbamwe kubva kuDar es Salaam kuenda kuMbeya muSouthern Highlands, inosvika makiromita mazana mapfumbamwe, kuitira kuti vasarudze uye vagadzirise nzira yechitima. Panguva yekuvakwa kwayo, makumi matanhatu nematatu maChina maresitoreti enjanji nevanjiniya vakafa.

Maive ma1970 pakaiswa bhawa rekutanga resimbi yesimbi muDar es Salaam kutanga makore mashanu anonetesa kuisa pasi njanji. Muna Gumiguru 5, bhaa rekupedzisira resimbi rakaiswa paKapiri-Mposhi muZambia, kupedzisa basa iri rakaoma asi rakanaka rekuvaka kwemakiromita 1975 enjanji, makore maviri pamberi pokupera kwayo.

Rovos Rail, kana "Kudada kweAfrica," chitima choumbozha chinotevera nzira dzaCecil Rhode kubva kuCape, ichidarika neSouthern Africa kuenda kuDar es Salaam uye ichibatanidza vatakuri vayo kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeAfrica kuburikidza nehumwe njanji netiweki muEast Africa.

Iyo inonakidza, uye pamwe ingori nguva chete yehupenyu-wenguva kukwira chitima chakadai chakasundidzirwa neinjini dzemoto uye nemakochi ekare emapuranga kubva kuma1890s, asi akachinjirwa muhotera ye5-nyeredzi nezvose zvinodiwa kutanga- kirasi nzvimbo dzevashanyi.

Yekare Edwardian Rovos Rail chitima chinotenderera iine makochi 21 emapango ane simba rekugashira 72 vafambi. Iwo makochi emapango ane zera pakati pemakore makumi manomwe kusvika zana, uye akavezwa mumotokari dzinokodzera vanofamba.

Yakagadzwa neRovos Rail Company, chitima chevintage chakaita rwendo rwayo rwekutanga kuenda kuDar es Salaam muna Chikunguru 1993 kunopedzisa kurota kwaCecil Rhode kwekuisa njanji kubva kuCape Town kuSouth Africa kuenda kuCairo kuEjipitori, ichikwenya nyika yeAfrica kubva kuchamhembe kwekumaodzanyemba. muromo kune kuchamhembe kwekuchamhembe kwekondinendi iyi.