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	<title>Railways of Iraq &#187; Basra</title>
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	<description>News and information about railroads in Iraq, plus other odds and ends</description>
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		<title>Locomotives in action in Basra</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2009/05/10/locomotives-in-action-in-basra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 20:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Malqal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEM2800]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Lugansk Locomotive Works. The shunter is from Turkish firm Tülomsas.
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		<title>A ride from Baghdad to Basra</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2009/04/05/a-ride-from-baghdad-to-basra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baghdad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Financial Times]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post of 1 April 2009 has a feature by Anthony Shadid who rode the tran from Baghdad to Basra. 
A Journey Into the Iraq of Recollection
Two clock towers stand like sentinels on each side of a turquoise dome built half a century ago. Musty ticket counters advertise lines that no longer run: to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maqil light railway pictures</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/10/19/maqil-light-railway-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maqil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[narrow gauge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steam loco]]></category>

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Rainer Fuchs, who has a comprehensive website on Iraqi railway stamps, has found some wonderful vintage stereoscopic photographs of the Magil &#8211; Basra railway and the Magil light railway.
They are labelled with the name of Sunbeam Tours, who appear to have been at 37 Bedford Street, Strand, London WC2.
Maqil/Magil is near Basra, and seems to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saddam Hussein&#8217;s luxury train to return to service</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/08/21/saddam-husseins-luxury-train-to-return-to-service/</link>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/08/21/saddam-husseins-luxury-train-to-return-to-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baghdad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basra]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saddam Hussein's train]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This story seems to be all over the web today. Here is the Associated Press version, which many of the reports are taken from:

Saddam&#8217;s luxury train to return to service
Iraqi railway officials say Saddam Hussein&#8217;s personal luxury train will return to service next month.
Officials say the 23-carriage train will ferry passengers from Baghdad to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baghdad &#8211; Basra in The Times</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/02/09/baghdad-basra-in-the-times/</link>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/02/09/baghdad-basra-in-the-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baghdad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passenger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Times has an article It&#8217;s all aboard for hope as the Basra express leaves on time

It consists of nothing more than a locomotive, three rickety old carriages and a goods van, and, on this particular morning, only 20 passengers. But what matters is that a rudimentary service to Basra, abandoned as Iraq was engulfed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran &#8211; Iraq link</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/01/14/iran-iraq-link/</link>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/01/14/iran-iraq-link/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Khorramshahr]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Railways Africa reports that a 15km line between Khorramshahr and Shalamcheh is nearing completion

Monday, 07 January 2008
According to an Iraqi transportation ministry announcement, the Baghdad government &#8220;’strongly supports&#8221; the implementation of a proposed rail project linking Iran and Iraq.
The Al-Alam TV network quoted Iraq Railways Javad Al-Khorrasan saying: &#8220;During the first phase of the project, [...]]]></description>
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