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Soviet photos of the Hairatan rail link May 9, 2012
Some Soviet photos of the Friendship Bridge and Hairatan, showing the railway.
Silk Road by rail May 3, 2012
The Silk Road by train section section of the Caravanistan travel website has some practical information about passenger services on Central Asian railways, (including a page on Afghanistan which …
Link to the Ministry of Railway Transport of Turkmenistan website April 30, 2012
It seems the Ministry of Railway Transport of Turkmenistan does have a website. However there is some kind of configuration problem with their default page, which means index.html returns a 404 …
Balkh railway video April 15, 2012
A November 2010 video of the new railway in northern Afghanistan, featuring a TEM2 locomotive and a smart inspection car. Nov 6, 2010: Abdul Qodus Naiman Hamidi, Minister of Public Works, visited …
Photos of the Mazar-i-Sharif railway March 16, 2012
“Rebuilding Afghanistan’s transport and energy network” is a September 2011 gallery of really excellent photographs of the new railway to Mazar-i-Sharif, taken by Jawad Jalali of …

Kew sound mirrors April 17, 2012
At the weekend I went to see some new sound mirrors in a park at Kew in west London.
Model sound mirror for aerial wargaming December 11, 2011
Kent-based science fiction and fantasy gaming supplier Brigade Models is producing some 1/1200 models inspired by the Denge sound mirrors. They are designed for Aeronef, a form of wargaming based on …
SKEALS on the sound mirror November 1, 2011
The Kilnsea sound mirror, described as “the only listed ‘building’ in Kilnsea“, is mentioned on The Spurn, Kilnsea and Easington Area Local Studies Group website.
Popular beat combos at the Denge sound mirrors October 18, 2011
The Denge sound mirrors have proved to be a popular location for music videos and associated photo shoots, and are included in a new book called Rock Atlas, by David Roberts. The author has got in …
Seaham sound mirror memories October 13, 2011
Checking some old links, I found the Seaham Scenes website is no more; it seems the webmaster Peter Dent died in a motorcycle accident in 2009. Using the Internet Archive I have retrieved the text …

Locomotives at Baghdad station October 13, 2011
Some photos taken by Dave James at Baghdad Central station on 25/26 September 2011. Interesting to see a Lugansk DEM2800 locomotive, as most recent photos seem to show the DEM2700 class (CNR Dalian …
Baghdad Central station photos September 1, 2011
Some photos of Baghdad central station taken by Pecosbif in April 2010. DEM2733 appears to be painted blue with white stripes, unlike most IRR locos which are green with yellow stripes, as seen on …
Mystery bridge in Iraq February 18, 2011
Can anyone help identify the bridge on this old Iraqi stamp from Rainer’s Iraq Railway Stamps Pages?
Railways of Iraq pages move address December 23, 2010
As a result of my having changed ISP (quite some time ago), the original home of my unofficial “Railways of Iraq” pages at http://www.ajg41.clara.co.uk/iraqrailways.html has run down the …
Baghdad metro planning in 1983 July 18, 2010
From a correspondent: Re the Baghdad Metro – I was employed as a subbie in Munich in the Summer of 1983 – we were working on electrical installation design (lighting, etc.) for the …

Now on Twitter September 25, 2011
You can now follow me on Twitter at @andrew_grantham
UAE railway video August 16, 2011
The railways in the United Arab Emirates page has been updated with a link to a video of the Costain port construction railway in action.
Croydon after the riots August 11, 2011
Some photos of damage to London Tramlink infrastructure at Reeves Corner in Croydon on Wednesday 10 August 2011, after the rioting of Monday 8 August. The overhead lines were down, a mast looked …
The Surrey Iron Railway on a cash machine August 1, 2011
I recently spotted a cash machine outside East Croydon station with a message on the screen which says: “Welcome to Croydon Home of… The world’s first horse drawn railway in 1803 …
Trains in Ontario June 17, 2011
In January 2001 I went to London, Ontario (where the Class 66 locomotives are built), and also had chance to take a train ride to Windsor and visit a freight yard in Toronto. These pictures some …