The Mallet 442-54 is leaving the port of Massawa with a freight train to Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea. Massawa is located on the Red Sea. The city was the capital of the Italian colony of Eritrea until it was moved to Asmara in 1897. Massawa is one of the hottest places on earth, with an annual mean average temperature of 30 °C/86 °F