Eritrea - Rebirth of a Railway - English • Great Railways

[ChrisGreaves]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fncZmHEFSaU

270,541 views Jan 4, 2024
Producer NICK LERA took his cameras to the Horn Of Africa in 2002 and 2003 to record the dramatic revival of a war-ravaged mountain railway they said could never be rebuilt. This highly visual portrayal of a railway reborn follows vintage 95cm gauge Mallet locomotives steaming up the Rift Valley escarpment on a series of hairpin bends with breathtaking views on a 2200 meter climb from the Red Sea coast to the mountain capital Asmara, in a distance of only 110 kilometers. The time-warp in this former Italian colony is well illustrated by classic 1930s art deco architecture along with a restored 1930s ‘littorina’ railcar.

VERY approximate route of track.

At the 59m0s mark a wonderful 1934 art-deco railcar.
Related (end credits) to the "Locomotive Club of Gt Britain"
Cheers, Chris

[Bigmet]

That's a great story too, from a part of the world too often associated with 'trouble a brewing'.