About Us / Timeline
| 1000 - | The Shona people begin their rule and build the city known as Zimbabwe |
| 1855 - | The first European, David Livingstone, reaches Victoria Falls and names it in honour of Queen Victoria |
| 1893 - | The British South African Company occupies the region and calls it Rhodesia |
| 1900 - | Cecil John Rhodes initiates his plan to create a railway from Cape Town, South Africa to Cairo, Egypt |
| 1904 - | The construction of the Victoria Falls Bridge begins in England, lasting 14 months |
| 1904 - | Opening of Victoria Falls Railway Station in June |
| 1905 - | The bridge is shipped to the Mozambique port of Beira and then transported by railway to Victoria Falls and opened by George Darwin. 12 September: Official opening of the Victoria Falls Bridge |
| 1923 - | Southern Rhodesia becomes a self-governing British Colony |
| 1953 - | Britain sets up the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which includes the territories of Southern and Northern Rhodesia |
| 1963 - | - The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland are dissolved - Northern Rhodesia becomes known as Zambia - Southern Rhodesia becomes known as Rhodesia - Nyasaland becomes known as Malawi |
| 1970-1974 - | Civil War ensues between government troops and black guerrillas |
| 1975 - | The Victoria Falls Bridge is the site of unsuccessful peace talks between the Rhodesian Government and the African National Congress (ANC). Ailed peace talks between the presidents of South Africa and Zambia, the Rhodesian Government and the African National Congress (ANC) held on the bridge. |
| 1980 - | Rhodesia is granted independence by the United Kingdom and renamed Zimbabwe |
| 1997 - | The Victoria Falls Steam Train Company is established |
| 2008 - | The Victoria Falls Steam Train Company's Bridge Run is voted by British Airways' Horizons Magazine as the 6th Most Spectacular Sundowners Spot in the world |
| 2011 - | The Victoria Falls Steam Train Company undergoes a complete refurbishment and relaunch |