ROLLING STOCK - LOCOMOTIVES
At the outset of the construction project, the principal locomotive acquired for use on the Hejaz Railway was the 0-6-0T. Imported rolling stock was shipped from Europe to Beirut on the Mediterranean coast, from where it could be transported to Damascus on the existing D.H.P. (Damas, Hama et Prolongements) line, owing to the fact that the two railways shared the same narrow gauge track of 1.05 metres. There were 25 imports of the 0-6-0T, split between Germany and Belgium:
Krauss (Germany) 12;
Hohenzollern (Germany) 8;
La Meuse (Belgium) 3;
St. Léonard (Belgium) 2.
There were also eight Tubize 0-6-0Ts (Belgium), which originally made up part of the stock of the Damascus - Muzeirib line in Syria. When this line fell into disuse, the Tubize locomotives were taken over by the Hejaz Railway.
For more details on the rolling stock used by the railway, see R. Tourret's excellent book The Hedjaz Railway (1989).
German-built Krauss 0-6-0T
Early official photograph of 0-6-0T 1900
Belgium-built Tubize 0-6-0T at Tabuk Station
German-built Hohenzollern 0-6-0T
Krauss 0-6-0T at Hedia Station in the 1980s. It is currently lying on its side
Krauss 0-6-0T at Hedia Station. Hedia Bridge can just be seen in the background
Note: The figures which make up the designation of a locomotive refer to the number of wheels. For example, a Hartmann 2-8-2 would have two leading wheels, eight driving wheels and two trailing wheels.
German-built Jung 2-6-0 in the engine shed at Hegra (Medain Saleh) Station
Train crossing the Jordanian desert
By 1918 a total of 129 locomotives had been obtained by the Hejaz Railway, all imported from Europe, the majority from Germany.
The suppliers were:
Hartmann (Chemnitz, Germany): 41
(seven 2-6-0s; twenty-two 2-8-0s; twelve 2-8-2s)
Krauss (Munich, Germany): 20
(twelve 0-6-0Ts; eight 2-8-0s)
Jung (Kirchen, Germany): 19
(seven 2-6-0s: twelve 2-8-0s)
Henschel (Kassel, Germany): 10
(four 2-4-6-0s; six 0-6-6-0Ts)
La Meuse (Liège, Belgium): 10
(one 0-4-0T; three 0-6-0Ts; three 2-6-2Ts; three 0-10-0Ts)
S.L.M. - Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (Winterthur, Switzerland): 10
(ten 2-8-0s)
Hohenzollern (Dusseldorf, Germany): 8
(eight 0-6-0Ts)
Borsig (Berlin, Germany): 5
(five 2-8-0s)
Hanomag (Hanover, Germany): 4
(four 2-8-0s)
St. Léonard (Liège, Belgium): 2
(two 0-6-0Ts)
German-built Hartmann 2-8-0
Hartmann 2-8-0 at Medina Station
Locomotive in front of the Mabrak al Naga escarpment just north of Hegra (Medain Saleh)
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Nippon 4-6-2 (No. 82) on the turntable at Amman Station in 1979
Borsig 2-8-0 west of Zeizoun Station in the Yarmuk Valley on the Deraa to Haifa branch
Locomotive at Damascus Kanawat Station, the northern terminus of the line
Hartmann 2-8-2 leaving Zeizoun Station on the north side of the Yarmuk Valley
Swiss-built SLM 2-8-0 ready to depart Ma'an Station in Jordan
Borsig 2-8-0 on the 40-kilometre Deraa - Bosra al Sham branch line
Name plaque of Jung locomotive assigned to the Jordanian section of the railway
Locomotive on the Hejaz Railway in Jordan
1936 Ford road vehicle at Damascus Kanawat Station, converted for use on the railway