A freight train is hauled by the small Italian Mallet steam locomotive 440 008 in the mountains between Arbaroba and Asmara

Night shift for the Eritrean narrow gauge Mallet 442 54 at the Massawa harbour on the shore of the Red Sea.

Children run to follow the locomotives. Double traction of Mallet 442 locomotives of Construction Ansaldo1938

The imperial palace of 1872, winter residence of the Ethiopian emperors, destroyed by the war bombings of the years 89/90, is the backdrop to the maneuvers of the Mallet 442 055

The typical Italian colonial architecture of the city of Massawa. Port of Massawa. Locomotives 442 mallet Ansaldo

ERITREA. Port of Massawa. Locomotive 442 mallet Ansaldo

Fiat Littorina railcar n. 2 built in Italy in 1935 left Nefasit for the capital Asmara.

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Around 1930 a new type of trains appeared all over Europe: self-propelled railcars powered by liquid fuel, consisting of a single unit with an open interior including the driver's seat. The German... (more)

Rush hour at the Arbaroba station with two Mallets and three donkeys.

Waiting for the departure from the Nefasit station.

In Eritrea, a few Russian Ural 375-D trucks that have been built in the Soviet Union in the 60’s and 70’s have been converted to run on rail wheels. They have been used in the Eritrean railway... (more)

The Mallet 442-54 is steaming through the village of Damas with a mixed train.