Steam locos and camels both need water; there is precious little of it in Eritrea--the camels get to drink from this unusual stream though the loco got its thirst quenched from a tanker truck.

The two Mallets are carefully positioned under the overhead water gantry, to replenish their tanks for the last lap to Asmara.

This Mallet suffered a fusible plug failure in the afternoon, fortunately without causing injury. It sat, cold and silent, on the dockside as the sun set. An all-night marathon by the railway's fi... (more)

A runby with one of the Mallet tanks on the causeway just outside the docks. The railway ends on the right of this shot and does not, yet, serve the dock area.

The twin Mallet tanks pass through one of 30 tunnels necessary to get this amazing railway through the mountains to Asmara.