Ernst and his party disembarked at the New Port of Dar es Salaam and then took a train to First Town, where the First Railway was already quite busy at this time.
As part of the Central Railway, the First Railway was responsible for continuously transporting imported railway construction materials to the frontline of construction.
Incidentally, the New Port area of Dar es Salaam received significant development. A series of steel processing plants were established here, and East Africa's independently constructed locomotive factory was also established in the New Port area.
