The Mikado #51 (Jung 1955) is crossing a bridge over a dried wadi through the stone desert on a charter train on the Hedjaz Jordan Railway from Qatrana north to Amman.

The Mikado #51 (Jung 1955) is crossing a bridge over a dried wadi through the stone desert on a charter train on the Hedjaz Jordan Railway from Qatrana north to Amman.

The diesel locomotive AIA-AIA #40213 (GE U10B) assists the steam locomotive #51 (Jung 1955) north from Qatrana on the way back to Amman through the Jordan stone desert. The diesel locomotive was ... (more)

Side view of the Hedjaz Jordan Railway GE U10B #40213 between Qatrana and Amman.

The local kids were more attracted by the photographer than by the steam train.

The 2-8-2 #71 built by Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre in Belgium in 1955 is hauling a short passenger train between Amman and Qasir.

The Pacific locomotive #82 has been built by Nippon Sharyo in Japan. It was initially built for the Royal Siam Railways (RSR) in 1953, but was delivered to the Hedjaz Jordan Railway in 1959.

#71 is getting prepared at the Amman shed for a new run south to Qasir.

#40213 is shunting at Qatrana, a little station lost in the Jordan stone desert.

On Monday 11th September we were told that the International train linking Amman in Jordan and Damascus in Syria now runs twice a week and no longer has a mixed consist. The train comprised the GE... (more)

The immaculate Hedjaz Jordan Railway A1A-A1A GE U10B #40212 is ready to leave the Amman station with a freight train direction north towards Syria.

The 2-8-2 #71 built by Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre in Belgium in 1955 is hauling a short passenger train between Amman and Qasir.

The 2-8-2 #71 built by Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre in Belgium in 1955 is hauling a short passenger train between Amman and Qasir.

The 2-8-2 #71 built by Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre in Belgium in 1955 is hauling a short passenger train between Amman and Qasir. The train is crossing the imposing ten arch viad... (more)

The 2-8-2 #51 built by Jung in Germany in 1955 is hauling a short passenger train between Amman and Qasir. The train has just passed the imposing ten arch viaduct located 7 kilometers south of Amm... (more)