Syria 27.9.2008: This is the builder's plate carried by 2-6-0T 130-755. Unfortunately it is not the correct plate and it provides us with a mystery! As so often happened during the lives of engines, parts were interchanged so 130-755, formerly DHP Class D No.51, should carry builder's plate SLM 849/1893. Fair enough, but according to several excellent written histories of the railways of Syria and Lebanon, no locomotive SLM 855/1894 was ever provided for the Hedjaz, or any associated company! So, does anyone know which engine, on which railway, should have carried the plate SLM 855/1894? Replies to my e-mail please.
Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com