Martin Heier indicates that although almost every bus ride from Luxor to the Valley of the Kings or the Red Sea crosses narrow gauge rail lines, there are surprisingly few reports on these lines. His photos provide a few impressions of a journey 26-29 January 2009 to explore the field lines of the sugar industry in Upper Egypt.
Further information from LOK Report: Zuckerrohrfeldbahnen in Oberägypten (Sugarcane field railways in Upper Egypt).
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Image link: Qus Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #100/3 JENBACHER, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, Egypt 2009. [3/4 view, cane wagons being loaded] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, Egypt 2009. [Cane wagons being manually loaded] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #15 FAUR/HAWAMDIA (Romania/Egypt), Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #18 FAUR/HAWAMDIA, Egypt 2009. [running beside road] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, Egypt 2009. [3/4 view, high load of wholestick in cane wagon] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #14 FAUR/HAWAMDIA, Egypt 2009. [Pulling loaded rake at road crossing] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #14 FAUR/HAWAMDIA, Egypt 2009. [with loaded rake in residential street] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, Egypt 2009. [Loaded rake at road crossing] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Qus Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, # R/13 FAUR/HAWAMDIA, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Qus Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, SCH?/3 SCH?MA, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Qus Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, SCH?/3 SCH?MA, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Qus Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, # R/16 FAUR/HAWAMDIA, Egypt 2009. [rake being manually loaded] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, Egypt 2009. [wharf with cranes for unloading wholestick wagons for transhipment] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #10(?) FAUR, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, Egypt 2009. [wharf with crane for loading/unloading wholestick for transhipment] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, Egypt 2009. [rake of wholestick wagons being loaded] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #10(?) FAUR, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Armant Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, Egypt 2009. [with loaded rake of wholestick wagons] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Edfu Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #29 FAUR/HAWAMDIA, Egypt 2009. [switching rakes of loaded cane] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Edfu Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #4 KYOSAN/KOGYO (Japan), Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Edfu Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, Egypt 2009. [rake of loaded cane about to cross concrete bridge] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Kom Ombo Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #17 FAUR, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Kom Ombo Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #23 JENBACHER (600mm gauge) & #35 FAUR (1435mm gauge), Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Kom Ombo Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #35 FAUR (1435mm gauge) & #23 JENBACHER (600mm gauge), Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Kom Ombo Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #4 KYOSAN/KOGYO, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Kom Ombo Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #5 KYOSAN/KOGYO, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Kom Ombo Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #58 SCH?MA (Germany), Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Dishna Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #17 FAUR, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Dishna Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #1 JENBACHER (Austria), Egypt 2009. [approaching multi-track concrete bridge?] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Dishna Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #1 JENBACHER (Austria), Egypt 2009. [loading cane] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Dishna Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #9 JENBACHER, Egypt 2009. [passing apartment buildings] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Nag Hammadi Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #37 SCH?MA, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Nag Hammadi Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Nag Hammadi Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #41 SCH?MA, Egypt 2009. [with loaded rake] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Nag Hammadi Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #14 SCH?MA, Egypt 2009. [with loaded rake] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Nag Hammadi Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #44 SCH?MA (right side), Egypt 2009. [likely in mill yard] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Nag Hammadi Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #34 SCH?MA (left side), Egypt 2009. [likely in mill yard] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Nag Hammadi Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #55 SCH?MA, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Nag Hammadi Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, Egypt 2009. [loaded rake entering mill with tractor-hauled load of wholestick to follow] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Nag Hammadi Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, ? & ? KYOSAN/KOGYO & ? FAUR/HAWAMDIA, Egypt 2009. Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
Image link: Nag Hammadi Sugar Factory: Sugar cane railway operations, #2 DIEMA (Germany), Egypt 2009. [mill junk yard] Martin Heier photographer [Esugar]
last updated: 25/03/10.