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Station Building of Amman, seen from King Abdallah I Avenue.
Amman. 2 April 2013.
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Station Building of Amman, seen from King Abdallah I Avenue.
Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
Tracks, West end. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
Tracks, East end, looking West. Amman. 2 April 2013.
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
Tracks, East end, looking West, close to the Depot. Amman. 2 April 2013.
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
Tracks, East end, seen from King Abdullah I Avenue. Amman. 2 April 2013.
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
Tracks, East end - Turn-table, seen from King Abdullah I Avenue. Amman. 2 April 2013.
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
Turn-table, looking East (Depot). Amman. 2 April 2013.
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
East end - Sidings, seen from King Abdullah I Avenue. Amman. 2 April 2013.
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
East end - Depot, seen from King Abdullah I Avenue. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
East end - Depot, looking East. Amman. 2 April 2013.
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
West end - Museum Building. Amman. 2 April 2013.
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Older ticket samples (including for Hadj journeys). Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Despatching equipment. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Despatching equipment. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Hedjaz Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Despatching equipment. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Picture of Amman Station in its early years. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Picture of Amman Station in its early years. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Picture of Amman Station in its early years. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Hedjaz Railway under construction. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Hedjaz Railway upon completion. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Hedjaz Railway, Inaugural ride. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Hedjaz Railway, Inaugural ride. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Hedjaz Railway seen in its early years, close to Amman. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
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Railway Station of Amman.
Museum - Hedjaz Railway seen in its early years, close to Amman. Amman. 2 April 2013.
P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr) |
| Jordan 20.9.2008: From the summit at Qasir, the Hedjaz Railway soon enters semi-desert and descends over many miles. We passed non-stop through the station at Libban, where among many stored, steel-bodied vans were the remains of two steam locomotives. Pacific No. 81 (Nippon/1953) looked to be largely intact but in poor condition, while the other engine, a 2-8-2, could not be identified. However, an assumption was that because one each of the other two classes of 2-8-2 - Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn, and Haine St. Pierre - had been kept back, presumably for spares, then the heavily cannibalised 2-8-2 at Libban was Jung No. 53 (Jung No. 52 having been scrapped). Anyway, after Libban we came to the delightful station at Jiza, pictured here. The station is manned full-time, with the railwayman and his family living in the upper floor, just for the handful of trains that pass through each year. Accordingly, they live a quiet existence, so the tour group was made very welcome as the family was keen to show everything about their meticulously maintained home and workplace. Such friendliness was encountered everywhere. Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| Jordan 24.9.2008: Great urgency among the railway staff at Zerka, as they log-in and log-out what we were told was the fourth train to pass through their station – IN A YEAR! That super train-calling bell does not see much use therefore! Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| Jordan 24.9.2008: A further water stop was made at Samra, this being the only occasion that a road tanker had to be employed. The stop provided a necessary path on the single line ahead for the little petrol-engined “scooter” seen at right, to return from making a reconnaissance of the route through to the Jordan/Syria border, just to ensure that the track was in fact, still there! Though appearing derelict, Samra station was in use still, with the ground floor housing the office controlling the block-sections in each direction. Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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