Early morning at Ghinda on Day 5.
Taking water at Nefasit on Day 5 of the trip.
The DVD of the trip will show a trip up the line from Massawa to Asmara. I have almost finished editing the Massawa to Ghinda section which we covered behind 442.55. Here are some video stills from the footage.
The group had a night shoot which was primarily of interest to the still photographers.
A similar view by day with a container ship from Singapore unloading.
The classic shot from the roof of the former UN building which is being converted back to a hotel. Unfortunately, the day was overcast.
In a suburban station that I believe to be Otumlo, 2 English Drewry diesel locos were parked on a passenger train of open wagons. Whether this train is used for a regular passenger service is not know.
I'm sure these camels didn't just happen to be there but they do provide a nice foreground to the train on the longest bridge on the line at Moncullo.
The station at Dogali and the palms still show clear evidence of the battle for Eritrean independence
The long lunch break here gave a chance to inspect the remain of Brown Boveri diesel (seen on the left) which was probably designed to replace the Breda locos on shunting duties. It's no more than a shell but is back on the tracks again.
Here is a video clip of the section to Damas:
A signalman waves the train into the station at Damas. If he is employed full-time, he has something of a quiet job.
The station in the background is some distance from the village.
The more the gradient increased, the more frequent were the stops to raise steam. This was one of the last stops before dark. We did finally make it to Ghinda after dark.
Bernd Seiler has put up a number of
illustrated reports of the trip at http://www.farrail.com/galleries/gallery-index-eritrea.html
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