Pictures of Baghdad Central station
BBC report In pictures: The crown jewel of Iraq’s railway.
See if you can spot the steam loco in the second and the last photos.
Mobile friendly
I have changed this website’s WordPress theme, so hopefully it should now be more mobile device friendly. Let me know if anything doesn’t work.
Meanwhile, I would recommend following “Historical Railway Images” on Flickr for lots of great photos of railways in the Middle East, such as this view of Krupp 2-8-0 steam locomotive No 1446 in Iraq. Click for more.
New coaches for Iraqi Republic Railways
Tüvasaş has built 14 coaches for Iraqi Republic Railways, including 2 sleeping, 4 couchette and 2 restaurant cars pic.twitter.com/CM4IdLrKvC
— Railway Gazette (@railwaygazette) January 14, 2015
Derailment response vehicle for IRR
One of 7 Zagro derailment response vehicles ordered by Iraqi Republic Railways, on show at #InnoTrans pic.twitter.com/J0HmL5iUER
— Railway Gazette (@railwaygazette) September 26, 2014
New Chinese train for Iraq unveiled
The first of the new inter-city trains for the Baghdad – Basra corridor has been rolled out by Chinese manufacturer CSR Sifang.
Egyptian Railways website
Mark Goldfinch, author of the excellent book Steel in the Sand, has an unofficial website on Egyptian Railways.
The Egyptian Railways Diwan is described as “a website and blog area intended to fill the need for a space on the internet dedicated to people to share their knowledge, expertise, news, photos and stories about Egyptian Railways”, and looks well worth keeping an eye on.
If you have any kind of interest in the history of Egypt’s railways – or in the country itself during the railway era – I’d strong recommend acquiring a copy of Steel in the Sand; see this reviewed published by Railway Gazette International.
Hudswell Clarke steam loco model
The Middleton Railway in Leeds has this model of a 2-8-4T steam locomotive supplied to the Iraq Petroleum Co by Hudswell Clarke. This model was displayed in the entrance to Hudswell Clarke’s offices.
There are rumours that one of these engines (No.2) had survived in Iraq, and may even still exist, possibly near Kirkuk… does anyone know more?
Baghdad elevated metro study contract
A US$40m agreement for Alstom to undertake detailed design studies for the first phase of an elevated metro was signed by Governor of Baghdad Dr Salah Abdul-Razzaq on February 11. [More…]
Alstom signs Baghdad urban rail contract, RailwayGazette.com, 15 February 2013
Drawings of Iraqi locomotives
