NEW LIFE FOR AN OLD RAILROAD
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In 1934, October 19th, several journalists could withstand the inauguration for a special railroad: in three hours they travelled on train from Massawa to Asmara, Eritrea. 117 kms, from the Red Sea til 2400 mts. above sea level in Asmara. This had rquested italian engineers to build 64 bridges and carve Eritrean mountains with 30 galleries. Bur this railroad was not doomed to stop in Asmara. A few years later, 227 more kilometers were available to the giant iron wheels of the steamers. Keren, Agordat, finally Biscia. This railroad was fully operative til mid seventies, when clashes undergoing since the early sixties betweenn the eritrean liberation army and the ethiopic military finally disrupted and eventually dismantled an increasing amount of rails. Now, a bunch of men, most of them skilled craftsmen or engineers having worked at the same goal during the golden age of this railway, is trying hard to bring those trains and rails back to life. As of April 1999, You could join Ghinda by trains leaving Massawa on a regular basis.
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