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In 1932 Iraq became independent from the UK. In March 1936 the UK sold Mesopotamian Railways to Iraq, which renamed the company Iraqi State Railways. [3] Work resumed on the extension of the Baghdad Railway between Tel Kotchek on the Syrian frontier and Baiji. The through route was opened and completed on 15 July 1940. [3]
The Basra–Shalamcheh rail line is a railway line that operates since 2023 between the cities of Basra in Iraq and Shalamcheh in Iran. The line is roughly 32 kilometres (20 mi) long. [1] [2] Construction is scheduled to be finished by October 2024. [3]
The line was first announced by Thierry Mariani, a French junior transport minister, at the 2011 Paris Air Show on 24 June 2011. [1] He said that French company Alstom and the Iraqi government had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding a contract to build the proposed line and that Alstom would conduct exclusive talks with the ...
Andrew's Locomotive and Rolling Stock in Iraq Page—excellent website with comprehensive roster of IRR locomotives; occasionally updated with news from Iraq. Iraq Railway Network Detailed map of railway routes in Iraq by the United Nations Joint Logistics Centre; Rainer's Pages are dedicated to the old Railway Postal System of Iraq.
Baghdad Central Station is the main train station in Baghdad. [1] It links the rail network to the south and the north of Iraq.The station was built by the British and designed by J. M. Wilson, a Scot who had been an assistant to Lutyens in New Delhi and who subsequently set up a practice of his own in Baghdad. [2]
Vance enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating from high school in 2003. He went by the name James D. Hamel at the time, having taken the last name of his stepfather.
Sierra No. 3, often called the "Movie Star locomotive", is a 19th-century 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" type steam locomotive owned by the State of California and preserved and operated by the Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown, California.
Iraq-Iran Basra-Shalamcheh line – almost complete (2006) Kermanshah, Iran, and the Iraqi province of Diyala – construction commenced. [citation needed] Kuwait – no railways; Saudi Arabia-Jordan – partially constructed – break of gauge 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge / 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 + 11 ⁄ 32 in) gauge