Meissner Pasha - The Man Who Built The Hejaz Railway
Heinrich Meissner was the steady hand at the helm of the vast project to build the Hejaz Railway. At the beginning of the construction in...
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Aug 31, 20232 min read
Why was the Hedia locomotive toppled?
For several decades the Krauss 0-6-0T at Hedia Station in Saudi Arabia stood upright on a short siding to the east of the depot....
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Jun 11, 20232 min read
Opposition to the 'Iron Donkey': The Hejaz Railway Defensive Network at Wagga Fort
The Bedouin of the Hejaz saw the coming of the 'iron donkey' as a threat to their traditional means of livelihood - the hiring and...
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thehejazrailway.com
May 16, 20231 min read
The Defence of Medina Station - Beyond the Call of Duty...
The main station building at Medina, the southern terminus of the Hejaz Railway, originally had one storey. The station's inauguration...
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May 5, 20231 min read
French Military Mission
Although the contribution of the French in Arabia during the First World War is not as well known as that of the British, they played an...
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Apr 10, 20231 min read
Lawrence of Arabia's First Raid on the Hejaz Railway
View from the top of the hill T. E. Lawrence climbed to survey Abu Na'am Station (just visible at the end of the clip) for his first raid...
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thehejazrailway.com
Mar 16, 20231 min read
Abandoned Rolling Stock at Medina Station
German-built Hartmann 2-8-0 with a line of derelict carriages and wagons abandoned at Medina Station when the Hejaz Railway fell into...
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Mar 4, 20231 min read
Journey's End
The twin-peaked Jebel Antar, towering over the Hejaz Railway in what is now Saudi Arabia, signalled to the weary pilgrims that their long...
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thehejazrailway.com
Feb 3, 20231 min read
The Donations That Paid For A Railway
A unique aspect of the Hejaz Railway was the way in which it was financed. In 1900, Sultan Abdulhamid II called upon the Islamic...
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thehejazrailway.com
Jan 1, 20231 min read
The World's Most Desolate Railway Station?
There can be few railway stops in the world as remote and desolate as Jeda'a Station. Cast adrift in a vast sand-swept wilderness, the...
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