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	<title>Railways of Iraq &#187; IRR</title>
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		<title>Thomas Cook on Iraqi rail services</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2009/07/08/thomas-cook-on-iraqi-rail-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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World&#8217;s worst services: The night train to Basra
Whenever you feel depressed about the state of the railways in Britain, just turn to the latest &#8216;Thomas Cook Overseas Timetable&#8217;. The new edition is a bargain at £13.99, the Bible for terrestrial travellers beyond the bounds of Europe. But the tireless compilers have their work cut out [...]]]></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>
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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>Iraqi passenger services in The Times</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2009/04/19/iraqi-passenger-services-in-the-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baghdad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commuter trains]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Times had a couple of articles about passenger services in Iraq last week. 
One is Iraq&#8217;s struggle to get railway back on track after neglect and war (14 April 2009). It seems the Baghdad &#8211; Dora commuter service is somewhat unsuccessful, but &#8220;Against the odds, the minister has reopened a nightly passenger route between [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2009/04/05/a-ride-from-baghdad-to-basra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></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>Iraqi Republic Railways rolls back into Taji</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2009/02/17/iraqi-railroad-rolls-back-into-taji/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An 11 February press release from Multi-National Force Iraq has a few details of the train.
The locomotive is DHL160 (I think!), one of 12 Type DH12000 diesel-hydraulic Bo-Bo locos supplied by Tülomsas of Turkey in late 2004 and early 2005.


Iraqi Railroad rolls back into Taji
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Iraqi national distribution capability took a big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Container train from Camp Taji to Umm Qasr</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2009/02/16/container-train-from-camp-taji-to-umm-qasr/</link>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2009/02/16/container-train-from-camp-taji-to-umm-qasr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 14 February 2009 release about rail services to Camp Taji, by Sgt. Mike Brantley of the 10th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs Office.  


Railroad Operations Come Back to Camp Taji
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – The rusted steel railroad tracks lay in wait. Two concrete barriers that had stood in front of a black metal gate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Baghdad, a Trip to Nowhere</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2009/01/18/in-baghdad-a-trip-to-nowhere/</link>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2009/01/18/in-baghdad-a-trip-to-nowhere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 29 December 2008 story In Baghdad, a Trip to Nowhere Washington Post Staff Photographer Andrea Bruce takes a ride on the Baghdad commuter train.
At 5:30 a.m., everything is dark at the Baghdad Central Station. There are no passengers about, and most of the gates are still locked. The morning train, the only working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>T&#252;lomsas delivers five locos to Iraqi Republic Railways</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/12/30/tlomsas-delivers-five-locos-to-iraqi-republic-railways/</link>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/12/30/tlomsas-delivers-five-locos-to-iraqi-republic-railways/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
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Turkish locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer T&#252;lomsas has built another five new locomotives for Iraqi Republic Railways. They were handed over to IRR in a ceremony at Ankara railway station in Turkey on 24 December 2008. 
Turkish Minister of Transportation Binali Yildrim, General Director of Turkish state railway TCDD Süleyman Karaman and Iraq&#8217;s Minister of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsweek looks at reviving Iraq&#8217;s railways</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/12/22/newsweek-looks-at-reviving-iraqs-railways/</link>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/12/22/newsweek-looks-at-reviving-iraqs-railways/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[commuter trains]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsweek has a 19 December 2008 report A Railway&#8217;s Painful Rebirth by Jessica Ramirez.
There is another video of the Baghdad commuter service &#8211; including cab views, Chinese and Turkish built locos, sheep, and motorists with a cavalier attitude to level crossing safety.

&#8230; Iraq’s railways, which came to a halt during the war, have reopened two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Railfanning in Iraq photos on Trainboard</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/12/14/railfanning-in-iraq-photos-on-trainboard/</link>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/12/14/railfanning-in-iraq-photos-on-trainboard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Diwaniyah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DES3100]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The October 20 2008 thread &#8220;Railfanning in Iraq&#8221; on Trainboard has some photos taken by ConrailDan in Al Diwaniyah, about sixty miles south of Baghdad, in 2003.
The photos (you might need to register to see them) include a DES3100 loco. These were built in Czechoslovakia by CKD Praha as a tropicalised variant of their T669. [...]]]></description>
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