090108 Happily chugging down the Nile when I realised we were running next to the railway.Couldnot believe it when at the perfect moment a train popped into view.

090108 Another shot from the boat

100108 Aswan station area

100108 Aswan signal box

100108 Believe the locos are German built,approacing Aswan with a Luxor-Aswan working

100108 Locos,semaphores and sun!The signals as I was informed are British built and havenot worked in many years.

100108 Changing the points on the approach to the station,it was all done by hand

100108 Right behind the first express came this Cairo to Aswan working,I couldnot believe my luck

100108 Cairo working passing the signals right by the signal box.

100108 Local getting cool on the final approach to Aswan

100108 Aswan station in typical Egyptian weather

110108 Heading bach up river and lightning struck twice as a train passed us at nearly the same spot again,this time a "local" working