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[Daniel Say <say@xxxxxx>]

> A new four-part edition of "Heritage" begins next week, with Malcolm
> Billings reporting on the Hejaz Railway, nearly 100 years old, which ran
> from Damascus to Amman to Medina.  The section from Damascas to Amman
> remains in service, with ancient steam locomotives still plying the route.
> 
> This airs in the "Documentary 2" timeslot and is enabled for podcasting.
> Billings' series are generally very well done; hopefully this one will be no
> exception.
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
> ---
> Documentary 2 airtimes:
> Australasia: Tue 2206 rpt Wed 0306, 0806, 1506, Fri 2306, Sat 2106
> East Asia: Wed 0306 rpt 0706, 1306, 1906, Sun 0106
> South Asia: Wed 0506 rpt 0906, 1406, 1906, Fri 2206, Sun 0506
> East Africa: Wed 0706, 1306, Thu 0006, Sat 2106, Sun 0706
> West Africa: Wed 0906 rpt 1406, Thu 0006, Sat 2206, Sun 0906
> Middle East: Wed 0806 rpt 1306, 1906, Thu 0106, Sun 0706
> Europe: Wed 0906 rpt 1306, 1906, Thu 0106, Sun 1006
> Americas: Wed 1406, rpt 2006, Thu 0106, 0606, Sun 1106, 2206
> Public Radio Fan reference:
> http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgi-bin/program.pl?programid=707
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	Text and a few pictures in this weeks FOOC

Subject: BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | A piece of railway
history

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   BBC NEWS
   A piece of railway history
   By Malcolm Billings BBC News, Damascus

   The Hejaz Railway was built 100 years ago to carry pilgrims from             
   Istanbul to Medina but was blown up by Lawrence of Arabia during World       
   War I. Stretches of the line are still used today by passenger and           
   goods trains with engines and carriages from another era.                    

   My first encounter with the Hejaz Railway was in clouds of steam along
   with a pungent smell of hot grease, at Kadem station in Damascus.            

   A veteran steam locomotive built in 1914 chuffed past, hauling a goods       
   train towards the Jordan border.

   From the driver's cab, two soot streaked faces leaned out to see the  ....
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