WW2 engine in Iraq

[Flamingo]

Here is a thread on an Army forum which may be of interest to some

http://www.arrse.co.uk/military-history-militaria/34607-ww2-steam-locomotives-iraq.html

 

[Grantham]

They looked nice in green! Iraq also had a metre gauge line with some very pretty engines.



http://gwrarchive.org/site/sitel2pg/Iraq/iraq.php

A great many photos of both gauges in here.

And a taste...