Photographs of Iraqi railways
A page for miscellaneous pictures of railways in Iraq.
![[Photo of loco with very bent cab]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/iraq/scandaria1-collision.jpg)
The loco on the left (DEM2731) was involved in a head-on collision at Iskandarya in December 2003, and was still sitting there in February. There were no fatalities, as the engine drivers got out. The loco on the right (DEM2561) is a Henschel-EMD product from the mid-1980s that was one of the three assigned to Saddam's special train. The unit was one of the cleanest locos I have ever seen anywhere, inside and out. It was on a special inspection train we took week from Baghdad to Samawa and return. The Henschels are considered to be the best locos on the system.
Photo:Rick Degman, World Diesel Loco
![[Photo of trains]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/iraq/francorail.jpg)
Francorail loco out of service at Shalchya shops. These big units
only work on western lines due to weight. All are out of service at this
point.
Photo:Rick Degman, World Diesel Loco
![[Photo of trains]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/iraq/baghdadcentral1.jpg)
Baghdad Central Station Chinese loco (furthest away), Czech shunting engine, Henschel (nearest).
Photo:Rick Degman, World Diesel Loco
![[Photo of trains]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/iraq/diwaniya1.jpg)
Inspection train at Diwaniya, with Marcosa/EMD diesel on left
Photo:Rick Degman, World Diesel Loco
![[Photo of trains]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/iraq/iraq-ckd.jpg)
DEM 2006
![[Photo of loco]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458im_/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/iraq/iraq-mlw.jpg)
Another CKD DEM20xx.
![[Photo of loco]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/iraq/shachya3.jpg)
Old Canadian MLW in Shalchya shop. These units from the 70's have been
out of service for years, and will probably be scrapped.
Photo:Rick Degman, World Diesel Loco
![[Loco 2201]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/rail/iq-2201.jpg)
DEM2201
World Diesel Loco
![[DES2200 locos hauling freight train]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/iraq/iq-locos-desert.jpg)
DES2211 leads a freight train.
Alessandro Albà
![[Loco DHS144]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/iraq/iq-dhs144.jpg)
DHS144, seen on 17 June 2004
![[Loco DEM2703]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/rail/iq-dem2703.jpg)
DEM2703, 2004
Mike Jackson
![[Loco DEM2703 with container train]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/rail/iq-dem2703-train.jpg)
DEM2703 hauling a container train, 2004
Mike Jackson
![[Loco DHS144]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/rail/iq-dem2727.jpg)
DEM2727, 2004
Mike Jackson
![[Loco DEM2709]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/iraq/modtrain3.jpg)
DEM2709 and the Normandy Band, Queen's Division, attached to 34 Field Hospital on medical support duties, at a
ceremony in Umm Qasr on 19 April 2003
Photo:MOD
![[Loco DEM2709]](http://web.archive.org/web/20070607111458/http://www.ajg41.plus.com/images/iraq/iq-unjlc-basra-dem2305.jpg)
DEM2205 (and 2212 or 2213) at Basrah
Photo: © UNJLC
Links
- There is a selection of historic photos showing lots of standard gauge and metre-gauge steam locos (and some diesels) on the Iraq section of the Restoration & Archiving Trust website. Well worth a look!
- Some UNJLC photos of railways.
- A webpage with a photo of Baghdad railway station in spring 2002, showing a poster which combines a portrait of Saddam Hussein with a Macosa loco and a steam loco.
- UK Ministry of Defence photos of the reconstruction of the Umm Qasr-Basrah Railway.
For more photos, try the links page.
The copyright of the various photos belongs to the photographers, not me. Do please let me know if you can add more information. Last update 2005-01-25.
