Jordan 20.9.2008: In a land devoid of all life except a few scrub bushes, frequent evidence that it does rain in the desert – and when it does, IT DOES! Hence the regular piercing of the railway’s embankments by flood-relief culverts, as here, near Deba’a, with 2-8-2 No. 23 (RSH 7433/1952) trundling across. Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com