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Class 0-6-0T Steam locomotive, built by Krauss (Germany) in 1902. Originally used on lighter trains and shunting duties on Haifa-Tzemah, Haifa-Accre and Afula-Nablus, and also on the Negev and Jerusalem Lines in 1915-1919. Later used on heavier trains with a tender, and converted to oil-operation in the 1940s. Railway Museum (Haifa-East). 29 May 2012. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Class 0-6-0T Steam locomotive, built by Krauss (Germany) in 1902. Railway Museum (Haifa-East). 29 May 2012. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Of all the innumerable types and classes of steam locomotives once found in Palestine and Israel, this is all that is left – one small Krauss steamer of the WWI Hedjaz Railway. All the rest were scrapped years ago, leaving not a single steamer behind. In this August 1988 photo, the miraculously saved “? 10” is drying off its fresh coat of black paint in the Haifa sun. This steamer is regarded as the most precious item of the ISR museum stock. Photo and scan by Alon Siton <a_siton@hotmail.com>

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Tender (coal and water) of P-Class 4-6-0 Steam Locomotive Nr 62. Built in 1935 for Palestine Railways by the North British Locomotive Company in Scotland. Railway Museum (Haifa-East). 29 May 2012. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)