{"id":257,"date":"2008-04-06T21:27:46","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T21:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccgi.ajg41.plus.com\/?page_id=257"},"modified":"2015-04-13T20:32:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T20:32:59","slug":"railways-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Railways in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-dem2803.jpg\" alt=\"Iraqi Republic Railways DEM2800 locomotive. Photo: Rick Degman\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/images\/iraq\/iq-logo.jpg\" alt=\"IRR logo\" width=\"88\" height=\"76\" \/><br \/>\nWorld events have focused attention on Iraq in recent years. There was very little information available on the web about the country&#8217;s rail network, so in 2003 or so I put together some pages with various odds and ends.<\/p>\n<p>The website is completely unofficial, and I&#8217;ve only ever seen Iraq from the window of an airliner at night, but hopefully it gives some information on railway matters there. While I don&#8217;t really attempt to keep these pages about Iraq up to date nowadays, there is enough interest in the subject that I have decided to keep them live.<\/p>\n<p>More information is always welcome!<\/p>\n<h3>Railways<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/iraq\/taurusposter.jpg\" width=\"92\" height=\"144\" alt=\"[Poster advertising the Taurus Express]\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>General information on <a href=\"\/iraq\/railway-lines-in-iraq\/\">railway lines in Iraq<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/iraq\/news-and-updates-about-iraqs-railways\/\">Iraq rail news and updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/iraq\/railway-history\/\">History<\/a> of Iraq&#8217;s railways<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/iraq\/trams-and-metros-in-iraq\/\">Trams &amp; metros<\/a> in Iraq<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/iraq\/photographs-of-iraqi-railways\/\">Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Locomotives &amp; rolling stock of Iraq<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-8f.jpg\" alt=\"Class 8F steam loco in Baghdad (Photo: Gordon Mott 2003)\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/iraq\/diesellocomotives\/\">Diesel locomotives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/iraq\/steamlocomotives\/\">Steam locomotives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Official website<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scr.gov.iq\/\">General Company For Iraqi RailWays<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"\/iraq\/links\/\">Iraq railway links<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some links to <a href=\"\/iraq\/middle-east-railway-websites\/\">Middle East railway websites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/iraq\/iq-unjlc-basra-dem2305.jpg\" alt=\"IRR locos in Basra\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World events have focused attention on Iraq in recent years. There was very little information available on the web about the country&#8217;s rail network, so in 2003 or so I put together some pages with various odds and ends. The website is completely unofficial, and I&#8217;ve only ever seen Iraq from the window of an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2770,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions\/2770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}