Jordan 20.9.2008: Our tour of the 1.05m gauge, former Hedjaz Railway, in Jordan and Syria, commenced at Jordan, Amman’s Al Mahata station, seen here little changed from the day it opened in the 1903. The coaching stock of the tour group’s train stands ready, two coaches each, built in the 1900s by the old firms of Roeulx and Baume & Marpent. In front of them is a bogie water tank (Nippon, Japan 1959), carrying an extra supply for the locomotive. 
Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com