Archive for April, 2008

Baghdad Central station photos

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Dan in the Desert has some photos of Baghdad Central station taken in 2006, including bullet-marked loco DEM 2725.

Road train in Abu Dhabi

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Road train in Abu Dhabi Rainer Fuchs has been for a ride on a train – of sorts – in Abu Dhabi. It is a rubber wheeled
train, used to transport tourists around the artificial Lulu Island.

More photos of Iraqi Republic Railways

Monday, April 7th, 2008

There are four photos from Iraq on Railpictures.net.

These include two views of Chinese-built DEM2730 near Mosul in August 2006, and two aerial views of a yard in Baghdad taken from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter in June 2003.

Thanks to Tim Moriarty

US video on reconstruction at Baghdad Central station

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

A March 2007 video from the US Army Corps of Engineers.