Two giraffe watch Kenya's famed "Lunatic Express," the colonial-era railway line that links the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa to Nairobi. (Eamon Kircher-Allen/GlobalPost)
Video: The fading glory of Kenya’s "Lunatic Express"
The Mombasa to Nairobi railway line helped to create modern Kenya but is now outdated.
MOMBASA and NAIROBI, Kenya — In its prime, it carried luminaries including Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II across the African savannah in opulent comfort.
These days, however, the specters of yesteryear are more prominent than the passengers on the 310-mile railroad line from Mombasa to Nairobi. It was once the backbone of the British empire in...
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