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• Afghan railway history

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  • Introduction
    1. The Great Game
    2. Kabul River, Khyber Pass
    3. Kabul-Darulaman railway
    4. King Amanullah’s travels
    5. Ambitious proposals
    6. International plans
    7. Soviet rail extensions
    8. War and reconstruction
    9. Iran to Herat
    10. Hairatan to Mazar-i-Sharif
    11. Herat and beyond
    12. Future plans
  • Industrial railways
    • Coal
    • Cotton
    • Cement
  • Map of railway proposals
  • Fleet list

• Recent Updates

  • First commercial freight train on Mazar-i-Sharif railway
  • Andkhoy railway studies complete, work to start ‘soon’
  • Turkmenistan railways
  • Steam locomotive on top of an Uzbek mountain
  • Herat railway construction and Afghan coal mining on video
  • Hairatan railway photos
  • Museum photos and an angle iron plan

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