The Blue Train nostalgia

Thursday, March 24, 2016

The Gaborone Train Station used to be a center of public transport

On the occasion of the return of the passenger train, avid traveller and Mmegi Staff Writer, THALEFANG CHARLES remembers the glory days of the slow, smelly blue train with colourful tales

As a young boy I used to marvel while listening to train travel stories. The best stories were from the folks that worked in the Southern African mines. The villagers called them ‘Maboso’ and they brought the amazing tales that made me wish to ride the train one day.

Alas, it was not until I was at my secondary school that I finally rode the steel millipede. Our primary textbooks called it ‘Sebokolodi sese Ramaga’ (brown/black millipede).

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The Blue Train nostalgia

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