By the way, I took a stroll through a few tunnels of the Khyber Railways between Landi Kotal and Landi Khana. Will post about it in the thread. pic.twitter.com/cZrrlAX2tM
— Nafees Ur Rehman (@NafeesRehmanDr) September 4, 2019
Photographs
Train on the Friendship Bridge
Train crossing over the Hayratan bridge Afghan – Uzbik #border pic.twitter.com/SgjuayvX5x
— M. Nazir Qasemi (@nazir_qasemi) December 31, 2018
Friendship Bridge pictures
#Uzbekistan #Afghanistan: #Friendship Bridge over Amudarya was constructed in 1982. Northern Distribution Network, U.S. non-military supply route, still functions in a limited way and goes through this post. #CentralAsia #Security #AfghanWar Will be posting more from Termez. pic.twitter.com/rK7XV7yi6H
— Navbahor Imamova (@Navbahor) July 2, 2019
Khaf – Herat railway photos
This railway will connect #Afghanistan through #Iran to Europe.
Now #AFG is connected to #Europe through railway, air corridor & land transportation.@ashrafghani @HassanRouhani @mfa_afghanistan @ARG_AFG @aahmady pic.twitter.com/bIoyW6WQ1o
— Waheed Faizi (@Imwaheedfaizi) April 13, 2019
And confirmation of Italian funding for the fourth phase:
Italy is financing the fourth phase of the #Herat – #Khaf railway. Connectivity is crucial for economic growth of #Afghanistan and for progress towards self sustainability.@cooperazione_it @aics_it @ItalyMFA https://t.co/oJ5LoLekH2
— Italy in Afghanistan (@italyinafg) April 13, 2019
Photos of the Iran to Herat railway project
Some photos of the railway under construction between Iran and Herat province.
Governor of #Herat Qayyum Rahimi, inspected d 3rd phase of #Herat–#Khawaf railway project. Authorities informed him of completion of d railway track saying soon it will b operational. Governor asked d communities on both sides of d track 4 their cooperation n security.#IDLG pic.twitter.com/flxLi0uQw5
— IDLG Afghanistan (@IDLGAFG) February 25, 2019
The 4th phase of da #railway btwn Iran's Khaf & Herat province started. 3rd phase of work n Khaf & #Herat province is completed 99% & will b ready to b used soon.Railroad between Herat-Khafaf is a distance of 191 kilometers, which will be completed in four phases.#afghanistan pic.twitter.com/1QA0dvtQyw
— Sawabdin Makhkash (@smakhkash) January 8, 2019
And some older photos:
A senior official in Iran Railway: Iran-Afghanistan railway networks through Khaf-Herat Railroad will be completed in the next few months,"
Khaf-Herat Railroad (139 kilometers long) is part of Iran-Afghanistan rail corridor. pic.twitter.com/sCFPCE4vmc— Iran Embassy, India (@embassy_iran) August 7, 2018
#Khawaf-Herat Railway, #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/VPbMpSSkRu
— Ahmad Mirzad (@Ahmad07Mirzad) October 3, 2017
Torghundi railway photos
Some photos Tweeted in December 2017.
13 km #railways work completed at #torghondi dry #port btwn #Afghanistan & #Turkmenistan #transport#transit #trade pic.twitter.com/um61N5XbOb
— Sawabdin Makhkash (@smakhkash) December 9, 2017
BBC video of Hayratan
Colourised photo of Darulaman train
Someone has written a bot which automatically colourises photos that are sent to it via Twitter. This is what it did with a photograph of the Darualman railway. Note that this is just for fun, and it is not intended to be historically accurate!
I colorized your image using #openfaas in 4.1 seconds #dockercon pic.twitter.com/R6AgKlyGOb
— Colorise Bot (@colorisebot) November 5, 2017
Kabul – Darulaman railway photo
A photograph of the Kabul to Darulaman narrow gauge railway that I hadn’t seen before. The person who suplied the image didn’t have any information on the source or date (presumably the 1920s). The Darulaman palace is visible in the background.
Kabul trolleybus photos
Some photos of the Kabul trolleybuses, which according to the text ran from 9 February 1979 to 20 April 1992. More information about the Kabul trolleybuses here.