Israel Railways freight train near Dimona, in the Negev Desert, south of Beersheba, in August 1999. This is a freight-only line with daily trains from the nearby phosphate mines to the port of Ashdod, (roughly) south of Tel Aviv. Loco is ISR #702, a GEC-Alsthom Co-Co. The colors are the same as the ISR ivery from the 1970s.
Photo by Alon Siton