K was the initial of Constantin's name, while 001 had no special meaning—it simply meant first. The inaugural train was named the Constantin. Unless there were special circumstances, subsequent steam locomotives imported by East Africa would no longer be given names and would instead use K-prefixed numbers, such as the K-002 locomotive currently being shipped across the sea to Dar es Salaam city.
Looking at the crude conditions of Dar es Salaam city's railway station, Constantin instructed the Dar es Salaam city government, "As an excellent port, Dar es Salaam city handles roughly 35 percent of East Africa's import and export trade. With the progress of the times, railway construction is an irresistible trend, and future expansion of the First Railway is inevitable. At the very least, build the necessary structures such as warehouses first, to solve the problem of cargo storage. A road from the city to the railway station can also be built. The existence of the New Port must not cut off the Old Port's rail connection. Add another security checkpoint on the way out of the city to screen suspicious people or cargo."
At present, the newly opened First Railway could not yet connect East Africa's interior with the coast, but that was only because it had completed merely its initial plan. Ernst had considered the First Railway's future development from the very beginning of its design.
That was to draw upon the previous life's Tanzam Railway plan and, on that foundation, build the First Railway from Dar es Salaam city to the Zimbabwe region.
The most difficult project would be crossing the Zambezi River, which required the construction of a sturdy bridge across the river. Nor was the Zambezi River the only river encountered along the First Railway's route.
In the previous life, the Tanzam