No.32 is a rack rail 0-8-2 side tank steam locomotive.
History[]
No.32 was built by the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in 1906 as builders number 1742 for Damas, Hamah and Extensions (French: Damas, Hamah et Prolongements) also known as DHP was a French railway company which operated a large railway network in the middle-east.[1][2][3][4][5]
In 1960/61 the Lebanese section of the DHP network comprising of four lines became the Lebanese State Railways or CEL (French: Chemins de fer de l’Etat Libanais). No.32 retained it's DHP number and continued to operate as a rack rail locomotive until around the 1970s when steam was slowly fazed out during the railways decline. No.32 is know located in Saadnayel on display with a coach at the adequately named Old Train Station Park.[1][2][3][4][5]
Trivia[]
- No.32 is one of the few Lebanese locomotives of any kind currently on display.
- Due to this it is one of the more well-known locomotives of Lebanon.
Bibliography[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/lebanon03.htm
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=27834
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Old+Train+Station+park/@33.8214842,35.8776736,17z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x151f348dab5c299d:0x6f039dcac80f76ab!2sOld+Train+Station+park!8m2!3d33.8215593!4d35.879875!3m4!1s0x151f348dab5c299d:0x6f039dcac80f76ab!8m2!3d33.8215593!4d35.879875
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.flickr.com/photos/124446949@N06/33352272460/in/album-72157653906817260/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.flickr.com/photos/124446949@N06/34681068752/in/album-72157653906817260/
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