East Africa: Tsavo Elephants in Collision With Standard Gauge Railway

Under the searing sun of the Tsavo East National Park, a herd of elephants as red as the soil around them browse near the newly constructed standard gauge railway cutting across the 13,747 square kilometre park.

This section of the railway, near the park's Manyani Gate, is on a steep embankment to attain a high gradient for the trains. A 70-metre-wide and five-metre-high underpass in the embankment allows elephants to move across from the adjoining 9,065 square kilometre Tsavo West National Park.

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