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Locomotives in action in Basra

Posted on 10 May 200924 April 2013 by Andrew Grantham

Two photographs by Matt Fallon showing Iraqi Republic Railways locomotives in action at Al Malqal, the port at Basra.

DEM2817 is one of 30 locomotives supplied by Ukraine’s Lugansk Locomotive Works.


IRR locomotive DEM2817 at Al Malqal, Basra (Photo: Matt Fallon).

The diesel shunter is from Turkish firm Tülomsas.

IRR shunting locomotive at Al Malqal, Basra (Photo: Matt Fallon).

Posted in Iraq's railways Tagged Al Malqal, Basra, DEM2800, IRR 1 Comment

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