Port Said Railway

The Port Said Railway was a narrow gauge railway with a gauge of 750 mm from Ismailia to Port Said in Egypt.

History

The construction of the narrow gauge railway along the Suez Canal was endorsed in 1891. It was mainly used for passenger transport, while goods were transported in barges on the canal. The railway was taken-over in 1902 by the Egyptian National Railways and regauged to standard gauge in 1904. The narrow gauge locomotives were sold to the Egyptian Delta Light Railways.Iain Logie: Egyptian Narrow Gauge Railways - Their History and Stock. Research Notes for the library of the Narrow Gauge Railway Society, V2, August 2017.

Locomotives No Type Cylinders Manufacturer Serial No Phot and technical data Built Subsequent use 1-2 0-6-0 Corpet Louvet & Cie 532-533 Weight 9.9 t or 13.15 t incl. tender, wheel diameter 3 ft (914 mm) 1891Egypt Railways - Port Said Railway Company - 4-4-0 steam locomotive Nr. V5 (SACM Graffenstaden, 1896) and a passenger train. Egyptian Salt and Soda Company Railway V1 – V4 2-4-0 9.5 x 15 inch Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques 4458-4461 Locomotive Nr. V1 1893 Egyptian Delta Light Railways 105–108 V5 4-4-0 9.25 x 16.5 inch Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques 4675 Locomotive No. V5 1896 Egyptian Delta Light Railways 109 V6 4-4-0 Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques 1898

See also

Port Said railway station

References