Visit to Cadem Locomotive Works of the Hedjaz Railway, Damascus, Syria, 15/9/2000.

On the morning of 15/9/2000 a chartered train took the tour group from Damascus Kanawat station across town for a visit to Cadem Locomotive Works.
Since this was a Friday, the day of prayer, the works was deserted.

Steam train departing Damascus Kanawat station, Hedjaz Railway, Syria


1-of-11) 2-8-0 160 (Borsig 9009/14) seen departing with the scheduled Fridays-only train from Damascus northwards to Serghaya, near the border with Lebanon, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 15/9/00.  The tour group’s charter train to Cadem Locomotive Works was the next departure.

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Steam train departing Damascus Kanawat station, Hedjaz Railway, Syria


2-of-11) 0-6-2T 805 (SLM 985/96) departing from Damascus Kanawat station with a charter train across town to Cadem Locomotive Works, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 15/9/00.

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Steam train travelling through Damascus, Hedjaz Railway, Syria


3-of-11) 0-6-2T 805 (SLM 985/96) travelling through Damascus with a charter train from Kanawat station to Cadem Locomotive works, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 15/9/00.

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Derelict steam locomotives alongside Cadem Works, Damascus, Hedjaz Railway, Damascus


4-of-11) Derelict steam locomotives alongside Cadem Locomotive Works, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 15/9/00.
The “broad gauge” track in the foreground is for the traverser.

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Derelict steam locomotives alongside Cadem Works, Damascus, Hedjaz Railway, Damascus


5-of-11) Derelict steam locomotive at Cadem Locomotive Works, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 15/9/00.

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Derelict "Mallet" steam locomotive alongside Cadem Works, Damascus, Hedjaz Railway, Damascus


6-of-11) Derelict steam locomotive 0-4-4-2T "Mallet" 962 (Hartmann 3001/18) at Cadem Locomotive Works, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 15/9/00.

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Steam locomotives under repair, Cadem Works, Damascus, Hedjaz Railway, Damascus


7-of-11) Locomotives 2-6-0T 755 (SLM 855/94), in front, and 2-8-0 90 (Hart 3039/07), in middle, under repair at Cadem Locomotive Works, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 15/9/00.

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Belt-driven machines in workshop, Cadem Works, Damascus, Hedjaz Railway, Damascus


8-of-11) Ancient belt-driven machine tools in workshop at Cadem Locomotive Works, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 15/9/00.

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Traverser & derelict steam locomotives, Cadem Works, Damascus, Hedjaz Railway, Damascus


9-of-11) Traverser and derelict steam locomotives at Cadem Locomotive Works, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 15/9/00.

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Derelict 4-wheel coach, Cadem Works, Damascus, Hedjaz Railway, Damascus


10-of-11) Derelict, ancient 4-wheel carriage at Cadem Locomotive Works, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 15/9/00.

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Steam locomotive being serviced, Cadem Works, Damascus, Hedjaz Railway, Damascus


11-of-11)  0-6-2T 805 (SLM 985/96) is serviced at Cadem Locomotive Works, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 15/9/00.

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Cadem locomotive works, 15/9/00