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| 040DF353.JPG, Phil Richards SNCFT 040-DF-353 at Kalaa Khasba, Tunisia Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) diesel locomotive 040-DF-353 (built by General Motors) is seen at Kalaa Khasba on 5 February 1999 with the 12.45 departure for Tunis. Original photograph by Phil Richards. |
| 040DJ121.JPG, Phil Richards SNCFT 040-DJ-121 at Manouba, Tunisia Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) diesel locomotive 040-DJ-121 (built by General Electric) is seen shunting in the station yard at Manouba on 4 February 1999. Original photograph by Phil Richards. |
| 040DK81A.JPG, Phil Richards SNCFT 040-DK-81 at Tunis Ville, Tunisia Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) diesel locomotive 040-DK-81 (built by Bombardier) is seen waiting departure at Tunis Ville with the 1605 departure to Bizerte on 4 February 1999. Original photograph by Phil Richards. |
| 040DK81B.JPG, Phil Richards SNCFT 040-DK-81 at Manouba, Tunisia Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) diesel locomotive 040-DK-81 (built by Bombardier) is seen at Manouba heading the 1605 from Tunis Ville to Bizerte on 4 February 1999. Original photograph by Phil Richards. |
| 040DL240.JPG, Phil Richards SNCFT 040-DL-240 at Tunis Ville, Tunisia Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) diesel locomotive 040-DL-240 (built by Ganz-Mavag in Hungary) is seen at Tunis Ville on 6 February 1999 on an empty coaching stock train. Original photograph by Phil Richards. |
| 040DM277.JPG, Phil Richards SNCFT 040-DM-277 at Tunis Ville, Tunisia Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) diesel locomotive 040-DM-277 (built by General Electric) is seen at Tunis Ville on 6 February 1999 awaiting its next turn of duty as station pilot. Original photograph by Phil Richards. |
| 040DO325.JPG, Phil Richards SNCFT 040-DO-325 att Tunis Ville, Tunisia Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) diesel locomotive 040-DO-325 (built by Ganz-Mavag in Hungary) is seen waiting departure at Tunis Ville with the 1205 to Mahida on 6 February 1999. Original photograph by Phil Richards. |
| 060DI68.JPG, Phil Richards SNCFT 060-DI-68 at Tunis Ville, Tunisia Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) diesel locomotive 060-DI-68 (built by MLW) is seen waiting departure at Tunis Ville with the 1800 to Ghardimaou on 4 February 1999. Original photograph by Phil Richards. |
| 060DN315.JPG, Phil Richards SNCFT 060-DN-315 at Tunis Ville, Tunisia Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) diesel locomotive 060-DN-315 (built by General Electric) is seen waiting departure at Tunis Ville with the 1020 to Ghardimaou on 6 February 1999. Original photograph by Phil Richards. |
| 060DP147.JPG, Phil Richards SNCFT 060-DP-147 at Gábes, Tunisia Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) diesel locomotive 060-DP-147 (built by Bombardier) is seen waiting departure at Gábes with the 1535 to Tunis Ville on 3 February 1999. Original photograph by Phil Richards. |
| 12AR-002.JPG, Trevor Staats South African Steam 12AR Reef Steamers' 12 AR Class 1535 "Susan" works hard to lift her mixed train out of Magaliesburg. July 1994 |
| 15AR1.JPG, Trevor Staats 15AR 1850 at Sunset 15AR 1850 hustles a special mixed along between De Brug and Driekloof in July 1999, hurrying to make a crossing with the diamond express. Copyright 1999 Trevor Staats |
| 15CA-001.JPG, Trevor Staats South African Steam 15CA 15CA 2850 "Wendy" cruises upgrade through the eucalypt out of Cullinan with a short enthusiast train, September 1994. © Trevor Staats |
| 15F-001.JPG, Trevor Staats South African Steam 15F 15F 3153 simmers in Magaliesburg, September 1993, waiting to take the Museum train back to Johannesburg, led by 19D 3323. © Trevor Staats |
| 24-002.JPG, Trevor Staats South African Steam 24 Class 24 Class 3675 "Makadas" pauses en route from Pretoria to Magaliesburg January 1994. © Trevor Staats |
| 9001.GIF, Tony Middleton 9001 Being Unloaded at Newcastle, Australia 9001 being unloaded from the ship Mirabella at Carrington, Newcastle, Australia, 29 April 1994. The 9001 is class leader of 31 90 class locomotives built by EMD at Ontario, Canada for power-by-the-kilometre lease to the Freight Rail Division of the State Rail Authority of New South Wales, Australia. Photograph by Ken Williams. |
| BRAZIL97.DOC, Norman Griffiths Brazil railway journeys 1997, Rio-Sao Paulo etc. Description of rail journeys by special railcar in Brazil in June 1997. Routes covered are Rio-Sao Paulo and Campinas-Sao Paulo-Santos. |
| CASIA96.DOC, Norman Griffiths Central Asia 1996 Travel Report Travel report concerning mostly buses, trolleybuses and trams in Central Asia (former USSR countries east of Caspian Sea - Kazakstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kirgyzstan) based on a visit from August to November, 1996. |
| CLP11.GIF, Tony Middleton CLP11 at Central Station, Sydney, Australia Australian National Railways CLP11 at Central Station, Sydney, Australia, before working the Indian Pacific passenger train. Photograph by Allan Eastham. |
| CUBA.DOC, Philip P. Wormald Cuba Rail Holiday Trip report This is a report of a recent trip to Cuba, it is not a report of Steam Loco's, it is concentrating on the Ferrocarils de Cuba passenger services that are hauled by Canadian MLW, Russian and US GM built locomotives. The trip was taken from London (UK), using Cubana DC10 flights to and from Habana (Havana). |
| EAR_1315.JPG, Dorr Altizer East African Railways Side Tank Loco, #1315 East African Railways 13 Class Side Tank locomotive #1315 at the Kenya Railways Museum, Nairobi, Kenya, in May, 1985. 1315 was built by North British Locomotive Company Ltd., Glasgow, UK, in 1953 as a 4-8-2 locomotive on work number 27074. She was rebuilt in the Nairobi Locomotive Shops to 4-8-0 in 1964. She now weighs 86.0 tons and was in service from 1953 to 1976. Photo and scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| EAR_2401.JPG, Dorr Altizer East African Railways 4-8-0 #2401 East African Railways 24 Class 4-8-0 #2401 at the Kenya Railways Museum, Nairobi, Kenya, in May, 1985. EAR 2410 was built by Vulcan Foundry, Manchester, UK, as work number 3554. She weighs 48.1 tons and was in service from 1923 to 1980. She, and her 61 sister units, became "Maids of All Work" until the advent of the articulated Beyer Garratts. Photo and scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| EAR_5901.JPG, Dorr Altizer East African Railways 5901 East African Railways 5901, a Beyer Peacock built 4-8-2+2-8-4, steams out of Mombasa Shed, Mombasa, Kenya. See EAR_STM.TXT, below, for a full roster of these monsters. Photo by Kevin M. D. Patience. Copyright 1976, Kevin Patience. Scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| EAR_DSL.TXT, Dorr Altizer East African Railways Diesel Roster Roster of the diesel locomotives of the East African Railways Corporation, as of 1976. |
| EAR_LINE.JPG, Dorr Altizer Steam Locomotives Parked at the Kenya Railways Museum One of the lines of parked locomotives at the Kenya Railways Museum, Nairobi, Kenya. This photo was taken in May, 1985. First in the line is EAR 55 Class Beyer Garratt 4-8-2+2-8-4 #5505, a beautiful example of this type of articulated locomotive. Second in the line is EAR 29 Class "Masai of Kenya" 2-8-2 # 2921. Third in the line is EAR 13 Class Side Tank #1315. Closeups of all three locomotives are available in this library. Photo and scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| EAR_STM.TXT, Dorr Altizer East African Railways Steam Roster All Time Roster of the steam locomotives of the East African Railways Corporation. From the first acquisition in 1914 to the retirement of the last of the metre-gauge Beyer Garratt 4-8-2+2-8-4 monsters in 1980. Included are the wheel arrangement, builder, period in service, number of locos in each class, weight in working order, water and fuel capacity, tractive effort and boiler pressure for each class. |
| EAR2921A.JPG, Dorr Altizer East African Railways 2-8-2 #2921, Photo A East African Railways 29 Class "Masai of Kenya" 2-8-2 #2921 at the Kenya Railways Museum, Nairobi, Kenya, in May, 1985. 2921 was built by North British Locomotive Company Ltd. in 1955 on work number 27436. The three classes '29', '30' and '31' comprised the last steam tender locos ordered for the EAR. 20 of 29 Calss were delivered initially and after proving a reliable design, a further 11 were ordered. "Masai of Kenya" was the first to arrive from this order. Photo and scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| EAR2921B.JPG, Dorr Altizer East African Railways 2-8-2 #2921, Photo B East African Railways 29 Class "Masai of Kenya" 2-8-2 #2921 at the Kenya Railways Museum, Nairobi, Kenya, in May, 1985. 2921 was built by North British Locomotive Company Ltd. in 1955 on work number 27436. The three classes '29', '30' and '31' comprised the last steam tender locos ordered for the EAR. 20 of 29 Class were delivered initially and after proving a reliable design, a further 11 were ordered. "Masai of Kenya" was the first to arrive from this order. Photo and scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| EAR5505A.JPG, Dorr Altizer East African Railways 4-8-2+2-8-4 #5505 East African Railways 5505 sits forlornly at the head of a string of locomotives at the Kenya Railways Museum, Nairobi, Kenya, in May 1985. This photo shows the forward engine (the front set of driving wheels) in close-up. See EAR5505B.JPG for a view of the rest of the locomotive. See EAR_LINE.JPG for a view of the whole string of locos. Photo and scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| EAR5505B.JPG, Dorr Altizer East African Railways 4-8-2+2-8-4 #5505 East African Railways 5505 sits forlornly at the head of a string of locomotives at the Kenya Railways Museum, Nairobi, Kenya, in May, 1985. This photo shows the boiler and rear engine (the back set of driving wheels). See EAR5505A.JPG for a view of the forward engine (the front set of driving wheels). See EAR_LINE.JPG for a view of the whole string of locos. Photo and scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| EAR5918A.JPG, Dorr Altizer East African Railways 4-8-2+2-8-4, Photo 1 of 4 East African Railways 5918 "Mound Gelai" sits in silent splendor, awaiting the call that may never come. May, 1985. Photo 1 of 4 (See EAR5918B/C/D.JPG). Photo and scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| EAR5918B.JPG, Dorr Altizer East African Railways 4-8-2+2-8-4, Photo 2 of 4 East African Railways 5918 "Mount Gelai" sits in silent splendor, awaiting the call that may never come. May, 1985. Photo 2 of 4 (See EAR5918A/C/D.JPG). Photo and scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| EAR5918C.JPG, Dorr Altizer East African Railways 4-8-2+2-8-4, Photo 3 of 4 East African Railways 5918 "Mount Gelai" sits in silent splendor, awaiting the call that may never come. May, 1985. Photo 3 of 4 (See EAR5918A/B/D.JPG). Photo and scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| EAR5918D.JPG, Dorr Altizer East African Railways 4-8-2+2-8-4, Photo 4 of 4 East African Railways 5918 "Mount Gelai" sits in silent splendor, awaiting the call that may never come. May, 1985. Photo 4 of 4 (See EAR5918A/B/C.JPG). Photo and scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| FCC50911.JPG, Philip P. Wormald FCC Cuban Railways EMD built G8 at Manzanillo FCC Cuban Railways General Motors built G8 type loco 50911 is seen at Manzanillo with passenger train 408 from Santiago do Cuba. Carriages are three very old US built types, followed by two ex RENFE (Spanish Railways) type 5000. The complete train is turned and returns as train 409 to Santiago do Cuba. Photo taken on Wednesday 29th April 1998. Photo from a negative, transferred onto CD, taken by Philip Wormald. |
| FCC52442.JPG, Philip P. Wormald CC Cuban Railways MLW MX624 at Habana FCC Cuban Railways MLW MX624 52442 2400hp ALCO V12 251 is seen at Habana Central station on the head of train 7, the 09.20 to Sancti Spiritus, which actually departed at 12.10! One of fifty such examples in Cuba, without a doubt the most popular and reliable Locomotives on the system. In charge of the main express runs from Habana, loading up to fifteen carriages in length. Seen on Sunday 26th April 1998. Photo from a negative, transferred onto CD, by Philip Wormald. |
| FCC61601.JPG, Philip P. Wormald FCC Cuban Railways M62K Locomotive at Habana FCC Cuban Railways M62K Russian built loco 61601 is seen on a passenger train number 15 at Habana Central station. The train runs every other day, and is normally one of the M62K’s, for the approximate ten hour run to the south coast. On this occasion the train started from Habana about two hours late due to technical difficulties with the Locomotive, Seen on 3rd May 1998. Photo from a negative, transferred onto CD, taken by Philip Wormald. |
| FCC62603.JPG, Philip P. Wormald FCC Cuban Railways TE114K and MX624 Locomotives FCC Cuban Railways MLW MX624 52442 2400hp ALCO V12 251 is seen at Habana Central station beside Russian built TE114K 2600hp 62603 (+TE114K 52675 dead in train), both trains are long distance overnight services from the south east. The Russian engines are fitted with the 16 cyl Kolomna 5D49 engine, a total of 108 being built for Cuba. (Syria is the only other country using this design of Locomotive). Seen on 3rd May 1998. Photo from a negative, then onto CD, taken by Philip Wormald. |
| FCC71059.JPG, Philip P. Wormald FCC Cuban Railways 71059 at Santiago de Las Vegas FCC Cuban Railways, Russian built TEM2K, Bryansk built Locomotive 71059 in seen basking in the blazing sunshine at Santiago de Las Vegas station. The terminus of the 20km branch line running from Habana Cristina station, which calls at the Airport en route. The carriages are Romanian built "Box cars" converted with (inoperable) air doors, and longitudinal seats. Not very comfortable to say the least! 27 April 1998. Photo from a negative, transferred onto CD, taken by Philip Wormald. |
| FEP6382.JPG, Norman Griffiths Fepasa GE 2Co-Co2 loco at Campinas General Electric-built Fepasa 2Co-Co2 locomotive no. 6382 (1600 mm gauge) stands outside Campinas station for its ext duty. Livery is the older Fepasa brick-red with white bands. Photo taken 5th June, 1997. |
| GF-001.JPG, Trevor Staats South African Steam GF GF Garratt 2401 "Cathy" pauses for water at Magaliesburg after arriving from Krugersdorp. Shortly afterwards, the loco reversed and took the mixed train back along the Pretoria branch, pushing the feeder tank in front. Recent heavy rain had washed dirt across the line at a level crossing, causing the feeder tank's front bogie to derail. No damage was caused, although the trip was shortened somewhat by the accident. © Trevor Staats |
| GMA-002.JPG, Trevor Staats South African Steam GMA/M Randfontein Estates Gold Mines' GMA/M R4 speeds along near Cooke 1 shaft with a full 1000 ton block load of ore destined for Doornkop processing plant, September 1994 © Trevor Staats |
| KUR_87.JPG, Dorr Altizer Kenya Uganda Railways 4-8-4+4-8-4 #87 Kenya Uganda Railways E.C.3 Class "Karamoja" at the Kenya Railways Museum, Nairobi, Kenya. The "Karamoja", numbered 87, was built by Beyer Peacock Ltd., Manchester, UK, as work number 6974. She weighs 186.2 tons and was in service from 1940 to 1973. "Karamoja" was last in service at Mombasa Docks. Photo and scan by Dorr Altizer. |
| LB_MEM.DOC, Nikolaas Barrie Lynton & Barnstaple Membership Information. Information details, contact numbers and membership application form for the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Association, whose aims are to reopen the L&B are becoming a reality. Next year they'll open the line between Woody Bay and Parracombe Halt. |
| LDZ_TE10.JPG, Philip P. Wormald LDZ Latvian Railways 2TE-10 twin Diesel, Jelgava LDZ 2TE10 double freight unit stands at Jelgava with freight. These units are fitted with the Khar'kov ten cylinder opposed piston engine, apparently bearing some resemblance to the American Fairbanks Morse engines. Large numbers of these units are in service in various parts of the (ex) USSR. This unit is pictured on Tuesday 13 February 1996. Photo from a negative, transferred onto CD, taken by Philip Wormald. |
| LOCO-DAM.JPG, Trevor Staats Damage to Loco after Car Crash. Another reminder about cars, level crossings and locomotives. The damage to the cowcatcher and buffer plate (three quarter inch steel) doesn't seem much, but the front coupler penetrated the car until it was almost touching the gear stick. The loco was doing 20 km/h, the car 80 km/h when it hit the train on the crossing. The vehicle was a police car and both occupants were killed. The loco is 24 3664 run by Friends of the Rail in Pretoria, South Africa. Photo by Trevor Staats 1997, all rights reserved. |
| MLWBUILD.DOC, Philip P. Wormald 6000 Series MLW/ALCO Builders Info A list of MLW/ALCO/Bombardier Locomotives in builder number order, staring with the series 6000. Intended to concentrate on the later built models, most of which were built by MLW in the 1970's. |
| MRS_ELEC.JPG, Norman Griffiths MRS Logistica Hitachi B-B Electric Rack Loco One of the newly-created private railways in Brazil, MRS Logistica, operates a short rack section on the Sao Paulo-Santos route. This picture shows one of the special Hitachi rack-equipped locomotives, 9037, at the foot of the incline at Raiz de Serra. The locomotive also shows off the new MRS Logistica dark blue and yellow livery. Photograph taken June, 1997. |
| NSW_4306.JPG, Trevor Edmonds Australian Diesel 4306 on the South, 1979 Public Transport Commission of NSW diesel 4306 makes a rare appearance on the South as it accelerates out of Picton, NSW, Australia, with an Up pick-up in January, 1979. This engine is currently being restored to operating condition by the NSW Rail Transport Museum at Thirlmere, NSW, Australia. Copyright 1992 New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. |
| NSW_8163.JPG, Trevor Edmonds Australian Diesels Grind Up The Range Public Transport Commission of NSW diesels 8163 & 8159 grind up the range near Goulburn, NSW, Australia, on Febrary 19, 1990, with No. 3W55 wheat. Copyright 1995 New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. |
| NSW_D1.JPG, Trevor Edmonds Austalian (Commonwealth Engineering) Shunter NSW Rail Transport Museum diesel D.1 makes an interesting comparison with "Garden Venus," as it shunts the docks at Port Kembla, NSW, Australia, in October, 1962. D.1 was built in 1950 by Commonwealth Engineering with English Electric mechanical and electrical components. It is preserved at the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum at Thirlmere, NSW, Australia. Copyright 1992 New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. |
| NSW42218.JPG, Trevor Edmonds PTC of NSW Diesels 42218 & 42107. Public Transport Commission of NSW diesels 42218 & 42107 stand ready for the road at Albury, NSW, Australia, on September 8, 1984 with an Enfield-bound freight. The train had orginated from Melbourne a few hours earlier. Copyright 1992 New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. |
| PERU96.DOC, Norman Griffiths Travel Report on Peru and Bolivia, 1996 Travel report mostly (but not entirely) concerned with buses in Peru and Bolivia. Further info on railways in Peru available direct from the author. |
| PUFFBILL.TXT, Yuri J. Sos Puffing Billy, Victoria, Australia: Info, Times, History The Puffing Billy Railway is a genuine relic of a railway built at the turn of the century to develop rural areas in the state of Victoria Australia. Fully restored by massive volunteer effort, it runs every day of the year (except Xmas Day), still using the locomotives built for the line almost a century ago. This file contains the timetable July 1996 to June 1997 including several special trains. Contact phone numbers, Internet address, history of the line and more. |
| RARAIL95.DOC, Norman Griffiths Russia Rail Report - 1995 Report on my visit to Russia in June, 1995. |
| REDDEVIL.JPG, Trevor Staats The Red Devil In Action Moments after sunrise, the Red Devil thrashes through Behrshoek towards Kimberley with the Union Limited Maluti, June 1999. This is the Red Devil's first run after being restored at Bloemfontein during 1998/1999. Copyright 1999 Trevor Staats |
| REPORT.DOC, Norman Griffiths Report on Buses in Peru and Bolivia Report following a two-month visit to Peru and Bolivia in June and July 1996, mainly concerned with buses but with occasional references to the railway. |
| SNCFT_DK.JPG, Philip P. Wormald SNCFT Tunisian Railways 040-DK-90 at Tunis Ville SNCFT Tunisian Railways, MLW built DL536B loco 040-DK-90 waits at Tunis-Ville station with southbound commuter train for Borj Cedria. These strange looking ALCO powered loco's provide a twenty minute interval push pull stopping service on this line. Fitted with a special light weight bogie. Used mainly on the narrow gauge lines, though a couple can be found also on the standard gauge lines also. Photo taken on 4 December 1995. Photo from a negative, transferred onto CD, taken by Philip Wormald. |
| SNT_DI60.JPG, Philip P. Wormald Tunisian Railways MLW Diesel DI60 at Selja Mines SNCFT Tunisian Railways, MLW built MX620 loco 060-DI-60 is seen at Selja with train 988, a loaded phosphate train ready to descend the hill through the spectacular Copper Canyon, en route to Metlaoui. One of twenty two Locos in service, sixteen are used on the narrow gauge lines, the others work the standard gauge route from Tunis to Ghardimaou. Photo taken on 5th December 1995. Photo from a negative, transferred onto CD, taken by Philip Wormald. |
| ST1187.GIF, Richard Thompson Sydney Australia Tram 1187 at the Trolley Park Museum Sidney, Australia tram No. 1187 awaiting passengers at the Trolley Park museum in Glenwood, Oregon on June 16, 1991. The Trolley Park is operated by the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society. No. 1187 is an open tram with cross bench seating and a central section with glass doors. It is 44' long, has 2 GE-247 motors (two others were removed), weighs 33,900 lbs., and holds 80 passengers. 1187 was built by Meadowbrook in 1912 for the Sydney Tramways Board. |
| T-KAROO1.JPG, Trevor Staats Last Steam Run on Trans Karoo 21 March 1997 sees the last steam powered run of the Trans-Karoo from Johannesburg to Klerksdorp and return. The pair of 25NC's are in immaculate condition, having spent some time at Braamfontein being cleaned and painted before the trip. Here they seen leaving Bank after a signal stop, with the lead loco 3476 running on only one cylinder due to a broken return valve. The locos still put on an impressive display and ran at 100km/h plus on the trip. |
| TN_459.JPG, Norman Griffiths TransNamib GE 459 Double Heading Freight Train A northbound TransNamib freight train double-headed by two GE Co-Co diesels (459 leading) approaches the southern outskirts of the Namibian capital, Windhoek. |
| TN_501.JPG, Norman Griffiths TransNamib GE re-engined 501 at Windhoek at night The prototype re-engined GE Co-Co diesel 501 waits at Windhoek station for the green light one night in May 1996, heading a southbound 'StarLine' passenger train. |
| TU-DI-59.JPG, Philip P. Wormald Tunisian Railways MLW MX620 Diesel at Sfax Station on a Passenger Train SNCFT (Tunisian Railways), MLW built MX620 060-DI-59 is seen at Sfax station with train 5/72, the mid-day express over the narrow gauge lines to Tunis. This train is normally always powered by a Bombardier DP class Locomotive. The line does not give any impression at all of being narrow gauge most of the track is of a very high standard. Picture taken on December 9th 1995 Photo from a negative, transferred onto CD, taken by Philip Wormald (PWormald@alco.freeserve.co.uk). |
| TU-DN315.JPG, Philip P. Wormald Tunisian Railways GE U22C Diesel in Green Livery at Beja as Standby Loco SNCFT (Tunisian Railways), General Electric U22C Loco 060-DN-315 of 2500hp is seen as a reserve engine at Beja, half way along the standard gauge line from Tunis-Ville - Ghardimaou. Of the twenty U22C's that were built for Tunisia in 1981, five are used on the standard gauge lines and the others are used on the narrow gauge lines. Picture taken on January 24th 1994. Photo from a negative, transferred onto CD, taken by Philip Wormald (PWormald@alco.freeserve.co.uk). |
| TU-DP136.JPG, Philip P. Wormald Tunisian Railways, Bombardier Built MX624S Diesel at Bir Bou Rekba SNCFT (Tunisian Railways), Bombardier built MX624S Loco 060-DP-136 is seen at Bir-Bou-Rekba with train 5-12/53 the morning express from Tunis-Ville - Gábes. Gábes is currently the most southern station in Tunisia, and is on the edge of the Sahara desert. This batch of Locos was the last Diesels built from the long line of Locos under the ALCO/MLW/ Bombardier name. Picture taken on February 7th 1997. Photo from a negative, transferred onto CD, taken by Philip Wormald (PWormald@alco.freeserve.co.uk). |
| TUNISIA.DOC, Phil Richards Tunisia Rail Trip Report - February 1999 A report on a recent trip to the North African country of Tunisia to cover most of the passenger rail system. Report details all trains used with their respective motive power and a day by day diary. Also included are general notes on the railways of Tunisia for the beginner such as information on the country, tickets and hotel accommodation used. Many of the locomotives used in Tunisia are North American built, such builders as General Motors, MLW and General Electric feature. Brief descriptions of some of the locomotive fleet also included. |
| WEKAPAS2.JPG, Arthur De Maine New Zealand Steam Opening of the extension to Weka Pass Railway, September 1999. |
| Z-432.JPG, Phil Richards SNCFT Z-432 at Bizerte, Tunisia Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) diesel multiple unit Z-432 at Bizerte forming the 1350 departure to Tunis Ville on 4 February 1999. Original photograph by Phil Richards. |
| ZR-1.JPG, David A. Pritchard Beyer Garratt at Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Africa Zimbabwe Railways Beyer Garratt taken at Bulawayo. Photo taken by myself in 1988. |
| ZR-2.JPG, David A. Pritchard Zimbabwe Railways Diesel Near Harrare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Railways diesel loco. Photo taken by myself from the road near Harrare in 1988. |
| ZR-3.JPG, David A. Pritchard Zimbabwe Railways Dissel Double Header, 1 of 2 Zimbabwe Railways diesel double header taken by myself in 1988. |
| ZR-4.JPG, David A. Pritchard Zimbabwe Railways Disell Double Header, 2 of 2 Zimbabwe Railways diesel double Header taken by myself in 1988. |