A close-up of the large Mallet tank as it comes off the 14 arch bridge.

Large Mallet 442.59 pulls away from Moncullo station across the impressive 14 arch bridge. The huts beyond the bridge are part of an extensive settlement in this area for refugees from Somalia.

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.

Massawa's port is located on two islands in the Red Sea, linked to the mainland by this combined road/rail causeway.