MattA on Nostr: Deep in the deserts of Jordan & Saudi Arabia, the rusting skeletons of the Hejaz ...
Deep in the deserts of Jordan & Saudi Arabia, the rusting skeletons of the Hejaz Railway stand as silent monuments to a fallen empire. Built by the Ottoman Empire to link Damascus to Medina, this strategic lifeline became a graveyard during World War I
In 1917, guerrilla forces led by T. E. Lawrence launched a relentless campaign of sabotage, shattering tracks and derailment trains to cripple Ottoman supply lines. Today, these sun bleached locomotives remain exactly where they fell… stark, twisted remnants of the Arab Revolt that forever reshaped the modern Middle East
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