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Hejaz railway
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The Hejaz railway was a narrow-gauge railway that ran from Damascus to Medina, through the Hejaz region of modern-day Saudi Arabia, with a branch line to Haifa on the Mediterranean Sea. The project wa
Damascus Hejaz railway station 7615
Damascus Hejaz railway station 7615
Madinah Museum
Madinah Museum
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (SLM) in Switzerland built a class of ten 2-8-0 locomotives for the Hejaz railway in 1912, numbered 87–96. They wer
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (SLM) in Switzerland built a class of ten 2-8-0 locomotives for the Hejaz railway in 1912, numbered 87–96. They were later renumbered 150–159. Several were captured in 1918 by British imperial forces or transferred in 1927 to Palestine Railways, which had taken over the Hejaz railway's Jezreel Valley branch in 1920. 153 (formerly 90) was transferred in 1927 and is pictured on the Jezreel Valley railway in 1946.
Railroad spikes of the old Jezreel Valley railway (part of the Hejaz railway), found near Kfar Baruch
Railroad spikes of the old Jezreel Valley railway (part of the Hejaz railway), found near Kfar Baruch
Rail transport in Jordan
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Rail transport in Jordan refers to the two main railways in Jordan both of whom are direct descendants of the 1908 Ottoman Hejaz railway in Transjordan. The main rail is the Hejaz Jordan Railway which
Hejaz railway
…Two connected sections of the main line are in service: from Amman in Jordan to Damascus in Syria, as the Hedjaz Jordan Railway, and from phosphate mines near Ma'an to the Gulf of Aqaba, as the Chemin de Fer de Hedjaz Syrie, or the Aqaba Railway Corporation…
Hejaz Jordan Railway steam locomotive traveling from Mafraq in 2000. One of several Thai Pacific locomotives built in Japan for Thailand, it (and seve
Hejaz Jordan Railway steam locomotive traveling from Mafraq in 2000. One of several Thai Pacific locomotives built in Japan for Thailand, it (and several others) was never delivered there and ended up in on the HJR as the railway's number 82.
A phosphate train near Ma'an
A phosphate train near Ma'an
A train in Amman
A train in Amman
Label on a locomotive of Hejaz Jordan Railway.
Label on a locomotive of Hejaz Jordan Railway.