Eritrean Railway
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The Eritrean Railway is the only railway system in Eritrea. It was constructed between 1887 and 1932 during the Italian Eritrea colony and connects the port of Massawa with Asmara. Originally it also
Eritrean railway, that now connects only Massawa and Asmara, showing a class 440 locomotive at work on the mountainous section between Arbaroba and Asmara.
Railway station at Asmara
Steam train outside Asmara on the Eritrean Railway
Train workers
Asmara-Massawa Cableway
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The Asmara-Massawa Cableway was a cableway built in Italian Eritrea before World War II. The Eritrean Ropeway, completed in 1937, ran 71.8 km from the south end of Asmara to the city-port of Massawa.
Eritrean Railway
…problems. It is not clear if the containers were 8 ft 6 in (2,591 mm) high or 9 ft 6 in (2,896 mm) high. The Eritrean Railway was complemented by the Asmara-Massawa Cableway, and by a small transport railway between Mersa Fatma and Colulli, nearly 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Massawa. The Asmara-Massawa Cableway was built…
The cableway near Asmara
Foundation of pylon of former cableway Massawa-Asmara, above Nefasit