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International Railroad Discussion > Egyptians in IsraelDate: 03/27/23 06:04 Egyptians in Israel Author: masterphots In the 1967 six-day war with Egypt, Israel captured, among other goodies, four EMD locomotives; three G16s and a G8. Here are photos of the three G16s. When I was there, the G8 was in Haifa shops and couldn't be moved outside for a photo. It was later sold to NRE and ended up in the US. A day of train chasing on our honeymoon, and we're still talkin' to each other....lol
1. G16 161 at Beersheva..1/31/93 2. G16 162 at Dimona 1/31/93 3. G16 162 with phosphate train, south of Dimona 1/31/93 Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/28/23 05:34 by masterphots. ![]() ![]() ![]() Date: 03/27/23 06:06 Re: Egyptians in Israel Author: masterphots Date: 03/27/23 10:53 Re: Egyptians in Israel Author: MEKoch Israel must have been desperate to claim Egyptian locos..........
Date: 03/27/23 11:04 Re: Egyptians in Israel Author: masterphots MEKoch Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Israel must have been desperate to claim Egyptian > locos.......... Getting three six-year old road units at no cost, what's not to like. Plus less available motive power for EGR Date: 03/27/23 14:33 Re: Egyptians in Israel Author: pedrop Nice G16 units. We have some in Brazil. They belongs to Vale mining.
Posted from Android Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Date: 03/27/23 14:40 Re: Egyptians in Israel Author: erielackawanna Can you feel my jelousy seeping through the internet? Holy moly.
Date: 03/27/23 14:58 Re: Egyptians in Israel Author: DavidP In the days following WW1 and prior to Israeli independence, there was through train service from Haifa to Egypt on the Palestine Railway. That line was severed after independence, but Egypt continued to operate the segment in the Sinai. Presumably that's where these locomotives were assigned when captured.
Dave Date: 03/28/23 14:10 Re: Egyptians in Israel Author: 86235 |