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Film of the Khyber Pass railway in 1997

Posted on 26 February 2012 by Andrew Grantham

“Steam train to Afghan border 1997” is a pair of videos uploaded to YouTube by Willy Kaemena showing the Khyber Pass railway in Pakistan.

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