Syria 24.9.2008: The locomotive is 90 years old, the coaches 103 years old and the track's rails and steel sleepers carry dates between 1900 and 1908! 2-8-2 No. 262 (Hartmann 4031/1918), crosses a culvert in the semi-desert between Dera'a and the ancient city of Bosra. This 38km branch line nowadays carries no traffic.
Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com