Two EMD GT26CW-2 haul a coal train along the Sezar river through the Zagros mountains.
40-12 has just left the tunnel underneath the town of Sepid Dasht with the local train from Chamsangar to Dorud. Note the former DB Regio "Silberlinge" passenger cars.
A freight train has just left Sepid Dasht station and coasts downhill towards Chamsangar. Behind the train you can see the tunnel entrance of the loop around and underneath the town.
What a combo! A US built shunter in front of German "Silberlinge" passenger cars, a baggage car of unknown origin and a US style boxcar fitted with a generator haul pupils through the Iranian moun... (more)