tarboat's photos with the keyword: arbaroba

Asmara bound

Asmara bound

tarboat
15 Oct 2023 3 169
Leaving Arbaroba with a Mallet headed mixed train to Asmara on the Eritrea Railway.
Above the viaduct

Above the viaduct

tarboat
18 Aug 2021 4 166
Getting started from Arbaroba with a train to Asmara on the Eritrea Railway.
Mallet at work

Mallet at work

tarboat
22 Jul 2021 2 144
One of the Eritrea Railway Mallet tank locomotives takes a mixed train across the viaduct at Arbaroba and on towards Asmara.
Arbaroba viaduct

Arbaroba viaduct

tarboat
05 Nov 2020 5 1 223
The locals look on as a mixed train leaves Arbaroba for Asmara on the Eritrean Railway.
Firewood

Firewood

tarboat
02 Nov 2020 6 2 174
The collection of firewood, particularly for cooking, is an important occupation in Eritrea. These donkeys their handlers had just passed through the tunnel, using the trackbed of the Eritrea Railway as a convenient route back from the foraging grounds. This is just one of the hazards for railway operations in this country.
Between tunnels

Between tunnels

tarboat
27 Sep 2020 9 3 199
A mallet locomotive heads a train towards Asmara between two of the tunnels on the Eritrea Railway between Nefasit and Arbaroba.
Roadside steam

Roadside steam

tarboat
01 Jul 2020 2 177
A pair of Mallets lift their train from Arbaroba towards Asmara on the Eritrea Railway.
Mallet in charge

Mallet in charge

tarboat
18 Mar 2020 7 1 309
Train leaving Arbaroba on the final climb towards Asmara on the Ertitrean Railway. The Mallet locomotives on this line were once very capable but are now very run down.
Arbaroba viaduct

Arbaroba viaduct

tarboat
31 May 2019 4 2 388
A train accelerates over the short viaduct at Arbaroba on the climb towards Asmara on the Eritrea Railway. A Mallet locomotive leads the way.
Arbaroba

Arbaroba

tarboat
20 May 2019 2 215
A Mallet leads a train over the short viaduct at Arbaroba on the climb towards Asmara on the Eritrea Railway.
Crossing the viaduct

Crossing the viaduct

tarboat
04 Oct 2016 6 3 509
On the climb towards Asmara a train headed by a pair of Mallets crosses the viaduct west of Arbaroba on the Eritrea Railway.
Approaching Devil's Gate

Approaching Devil's Gate

tarboat
04 Apr 2016 25 3 726
A freight working dashes along the ledge high on the mountainside on the approach to Devil's Gate on the Eritrea Railway.
Water stop

Water stop

tarboat
02 Apr 2016 2 1 478
Local people fill their containers at a spring close to the line above Arbaroba on the Eritrea Railway.
Bridging the valley

Bridging the valley

tarboat
12 Jan 2015 27 7 943
Double-headed Mallets climbing towards Asmara and crossing the viaduct west of Arbaroba on the Eritrea Railway.