THE 5 am Tazara commuter train, popularly known as the Mwakyembe train, which plies the Tazara Head Office- Mwakanga route in Dar es Salaam, went astray at Yombo station on Monday after it ran on the wrong line but stopping just in time before ramming a locomotive engine lying at the station's shed.
The close shave occurred apparently because a worker at the station had failed to set the line for the 6 am train from Mwakanga to the city.
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