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A
Mallet steam locomotive
of the
Eritrean Railway
, the only
railway
system in
Eritrea
. Originally constructed by the
Kingdom of Italy
when Eritrea was its colony, the railway, which connects
Massawa
to
Asmara
, was heavily damaged in
World War II
as well as the
Eritrean War of Independence
. It was only rebuilt in the 1990s and continues to use equipment from the 1930s.
Photo credit:
Tivedshambo
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