The first steam engine train to work in Northern Nigeria in 1901 can still be seen at the railway platform at Minna station. It was 0-6-07 x 12" two cylinder 2.6" gauge locomotive built by Hunslet Engine Company, England; and it ran on the 12" Wushishi-Zungeru-Barijuko Tramway back then to even haul the first train across the Kaduna river. This line was known as the Wushishi Tramway. It was later extended downstream to Bari-Juko. At that time, communication between Zungeru, the capital of the province, and the rest of the world was by means of the tramway to Wushishi or Bari-Juko and thence by river.
Our Side of the Tracks Article | Charle Orr Volume 4
