I finally managed to make up for my trip, which had already been postponed twice due to the security situation in the Middle East, when I visited Syria for a day on September 22, 2026, to see the Ganz-MÁVAG diesel trains that were delivered to the country in the 1970s. I managed to find these vehicles in the country's capital, Damascus. A post about them will follow!
Syrian railway history: the first railway line in the Middle Eastern country w…
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I finally managed to make up for my trip, which had already been postponed twice due to the security situation in the Middle East, when I visited Syria for a day on September 22, 2026, to see the Ganz-MÁVAG diesel trains that were delivered to the country in the 1970s. I managed to find these vehicles in the country's capital, Damascus. A post about them will follow!
Syrian railway history: the first railway line in the Middle Eastern country w…