| Posted by Alex A on October 5, 2020 | |
I'm glad to see her restored! I have a documentary about the Hedjaz-Jordan railway and it was insinuated by the narrator that she was going to be permanently put out of service, glad to see her looking brand new! I just hope she's survived the ongoing conflicts there.
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I have no recent information regarding locomotive #82. So I can't confirm if it was scrapped or not. I know that the locomotive #85 has hauled tourist trains until 2018 on the network of the ARC (Aqaba Railway Corporation - phosphate transportation line). The trains departed from the Wadi Rum station and ran for a distance of about five kilometers. Later in 2018, the ARC ceased its activities and as a result, the future of locomotive #85 has become uncertain. I do not know if this loco still exists today. Jordan is not involved in the current conflict in the Middle East. The Hedjaz steam locomotives running in Jordan are therefore not at risk of being damaged by the conflict that devastates Syria.
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