This page provides a directory of tourist railways and railway museums throughout Africa, including scenic steam train excursions in South Africa.
Blue Train, The - Luxury train between Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa
Bulawayo Railway Museum - Railway museum owned by the National Railways of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo
Cairo Railway Museum - Transportation museum in Cairo, Egypt
Fianarantsoa-C te Est (FCE) Railway - 163km link between the highland city of Fianarantsoa and the east coast town of Manakara, Madagascar
Madarail - Operates passenger trains and charters in Madagascar
Magaliesburg Express - Steam train excursions from Johannesburg to Magaliesburg, South Africa
Nairobi Railway Museum - Preserves and displays relics and records of the railways of East Africa from their inception to the present day; Kenya
Natal Railway Museum - Railway equipment and antiques on display in Hilton, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Nigerian Railway Museum - Railway preservation in Ebute Metta, Lagos, Nigeria
Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe - Daily steam excursions between George and Knysna in the Western Cape, South Africa
Patons Country Narrow Gauge Railway - Proposed steam or diesel excursions from Ixopo Village, South Africa
Rovos Rail - Operates several scenic rail journeys in South Africa
Sandstone Heritage Trust - Narrow gauge railway restoration and museum in Ficksburg, South Africa
Shongololo Express - Two luxury trains travel to nine countries on the southern African continent: Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, and Tanzania
Shosholoza Meyl - Operates eight primary routes in South Africa with passenger and tourist train service
Sierra Leone National Railway Museum - African railway locomotives, coaches, wagons and artifacts in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Trains & Travel International - Operates luxury rail tours and railfan charters in Africa
TransNamib Railway Museum - Wide range of railway equipment, maps, and related items that date back to German colonial times and South African administration; Namibia
Umgeni Steam Railway - Steam excursions from Kloof to Inchanga and from Pietermaritzburg to Baynesfield and Wartburg, South Africa
Watania - Private company offering sleeping car trains from Cairo to Luxor and Aswan, Egypt
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