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- History_of_rail_transport_in_Zanzibar comment "Zanzibar was the first country in East Africa to introduce the steam locomotive. Sultan Bargash bin Said had a seven-mile railway constructed from his palace at Stone Town to Chukwani in 1879. Initially the two Pullman cars were hauled by mules but in 1881 the Sultan ordered an 0-4-0 tank locomotive from the English locomotive builders Bagnall.".