[Tracking the Gauges, Gauging the Tracks 03] • Africa and the Middle East

This is Part 3, covering Africa and the Middle East in an around-the-world odyssey, of a Seven Part series that tells what is a remarkably fascinating story of how the world's railway gauges developed. Railway gauge incompatibilities have won and lost wars, caused some investors huge financial losses and made other investors small fortunes, and driven designers and engineers into incredible feats of speed and heroicsm in overcoming the most inhospitable of environments. Far from being a boring compendium of facts and figures, this seven-part book brings to life how the world's railway gauges have played a fundamental part in making the world what it is today. A must for anyone with any interest in railways.