Some photos taken by Dave James at Baghdad Central station on 25/26 September 2011. Interesting to see a Lugansk DEM2800 locomotive, as most recent photos seem to show the DEM2700 class (CNR Dalian type DF10FI).
Iraqi Republic Railways locomotive number DEM2809, a Lugansk-built type TE114I.
DEM2809, with what looks like a Thyssen-Henschel/EMD DEM2500 in the background, behind the vans on the right.
The plinthed steam locomotive.
See also the Iraqi locomotive spotting guide.
Some photos of Baghdad central station taken by Pecosbif in April 2010. DEM2733 appears to be painted blue with white stripes, unlike most IRR locos which are green with yellow stripes, as seen on DEM2823.
Can anyone help identify the bridge on this old Iraqi stamp from Rainer’s Iraq Railway Stamps Pages?
As a result of my having changed ISP (quite some time ago), the original home of my unofficial “Railways of Iraq” pages at http://www.ajg41.clara.co.uk/iraqrailways.html has run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. However the content has been copied across to http://www.ajg41.plus.com/iraqrailways.html
This does mean some links are likely to be broken, but all the content should be there somewhere.
Realistically, time pressures mean I don’t expect to posting too many updates, as my main interest is the railways of Afghanistan.
From a correspondent:
Re the Baghdad Metro – I was employed as a subbie in Munich in the Summer of 1983 – we were working on electrical installation design (lighting, etc.) for the company Joint Venture Dorsch (“Detailed Design Consultants Lot 011″). The drawings produced were for “Saddam City Depot, Running Shed” and carried the header “Baghdad Rapid Transit Authority”. They all seemed quite innocent and ‘above board’ at that time.
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