Charter train between Daraa and the Yarmuk Gorge, Syria, 13/9/2000.
This is a chartered train in Syria on the line from Daraa westwards down the Yarmuk Gorge as far as possible and back on the morning of 13/9/2000. The locomotive is 2-8-2 262 (Hart 4031/18).
Originally the line through the Yarmuk Gorge ran all the way to port of Haifa on the coast. In the late 1940s several bridges on this line were blown up and the western part became part of Israel and so this scenic line was lost as a through route.
1-of-7) 2-8-2 262 (Hart 4031/18) being prepared at Daraa locomotive shed for a chartered train to the Yarmuk Gorge, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 13/9/00.
2-of-7) 2-8-2 262 (Hart 4031/18) heading west down the Yarmuk Gorge with a charter train from Daraa, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 13/9/00.
3-of-7) 2-8-2 262 (Hart 4031/18) has run round its train at the abandoned station at Zeizoun, in the Yarmuk Gorge, before heading back to Daraa with a charter train, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 13/9/00.
4-of-7) 2-8-2 262 (Hart 4031/18) in the Yarmuk Gorge heading east back to Daraa with a charter train, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 13/9/00.
The Yarmuk river here forms the border between Jordan on the south bank and Syria on the north bank.
5-of-7) 2-8-2 262 (Hart 4031/18) crossing bridge no. 14 in the Yarmuk Gorge heading east back to Daraa with a charter train, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 13/9/00.
6-of-7) 2-8-2 262 (Hart 4031/18) crossing bridge no. 14 in the Yarmuk Gorge heading east back to Daraa with a charter train, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 13/9/00.
7-of-7) 2-8-2 262 (Hart 4031/18) emerges from the Yarmuk Gorge heading east back to Daraa with a charter train, Hedjaz Railway, Syria, 13/9/00.
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