The 2-8-2 #51 built by Jung in Germany in 1955 is hauling a short passenger train between Amman and Qasir.

The 2-8-2 #51 built by Jung in Germany in 1955 is hauling a short passenger train between Amman and Qasir. On the way, we had to take shelter inside the coaches because the favorite game of kids i... (more)

The Mikado #51 built by Jung in Germany in 1955 (we both have the same age!) is leaving Amman with a short passenger train to Qasir.

The Jordan steam locomotive #51 (Jung 1955) is hauling a mixed train between Amman and Qasir on the Hedjaz Railway.

The two Jordan steam locomotive #23 and #71 are shunting at the Amman station. #23 has been built by R.S.H. (Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns) in 1951 and #71 has been builts by the Forges Usines e... (more)

The two Jordan steam locomotive #23 and #51 are resting at the Amman shed.

The Syrian steam locomotive #91 (Hartmann 1907) is hauling a passenger train between Damascus and Serghaya near the Lebanese border.

The two Syrian steam locomotives #91 (Hartmann 1907) and #130-755 (SLM 1894) are shunting at the Deir Kanun station.

Bosra, about 140 km south of Damascus, near the Jordanian border. It is a very ancient city, founded over 1000 years before Christ. RAILCAR ACM3 next to the Roman amphitheater.

Bosra, about 140 km south of Damascus, near the Jordanian border. It is a very ancient city, founded over 1000 years before Christ. a.C. The locomotive (A.Borsig 1914) taken up next to the Roman a... (more)

Barbed wire surrounds the military station on the Deraa-Bosra line

Passenger train running between Damas and Deraa hauled by the Hartmann Mikado #262.

Two Syrian Hartmann steam locomotives are resting at the Deraa shed. On the left is the 0-4-4-2T Mallet #962 and on the right is the 2-8-2 Mikado #262.

An absolute gem discovered in the Cadem shed was this wooden-bodied, De Dion-Bouton petrol railcar No.ACM3, built in 1930 in France and now the sole survivor of three provided to the Hedjaz Railwa... (more)

Damasco-Daraa Line, a Chemnita steam locomotive built in 1918.