Building and breaking trains in 105F dry desert heat.
Building the 3:15 northbound train to Cairo, a 14-hour trek, in 105F dry desert heat.
Egyptian Railways have recently invested in over 200 GE locomotives produced by Wabtec to modernise their fleet - using them on all express and long distance passenger trains. Here one is seen pul... (more)
Part of a 100-unit order, three new Egyptian National Railway ES30ACi's pass the 2.25 milepost along GE's test track in Erie, PA.
Another angle from the same footbrodge as an earlier shot, as 3836 pushes a train towards Alexandria.
Another shot from the Alexandria suburbs, as 3630 pushes a train towards Sidi Bashr.
3841 pauses to pass another train at Al Miaddiyyah, where the tracks are also covered by a fish market...
Under a fine array of 100+ year old British semaphore signals (still controlled by bells, levers and wires), 3150 backs down onto its train to Cairo.
Two trains meet under the roof of Alexandria's impressive central station.
3166 hauls an express train to Cairo out of Luxor station.
The Alexandria "metro" system involves EMD G22s pushing and pulling 7 coaches in and out of the city every 20 minutes or so. Here 3897 hauls a train out of Alexandria on a Saturday morni... (more)
Henschel 3114 heads out of Luxor with the (07.30) Luxor - Alexandria service .
Henschel 3159 passes Bogdady south of Luxor with an Aswan bound express from Cairo .