Water Street Railway Station, Freetown

Postcard, Railway Station, Freetown, Sierra Leone, depicting the railway station in Water Street. Written on reverse ' Sierra Leone le 29-7-06, cher ami, il fait deja aussi chaud ici que dans un four a boulanger malgre qu'il pleut a torrent. A part elle le voyage se passe assez bien. Je te serve les phalanges de loins.Oscar II.' Addressed to Monsieur Lernould, verificateur des douanes, 138 Boulevard Leopold II, Bruxelles, Belgique. This Freetown terminus of the Sierra Leone Railway in Water Street (now Wallace Johnson Street) was completed in 1898. This postcard is part of the collection of the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum which was founded in 2004. The Museum is based in Cline Town, Freetown, Sierra Leone and tells the story of the construction, development and operation of the railways in Sierra Leone.