That’s the train that was in the 1960’s movie with Peter O’Toull. The engine is laying on its side after it blew up when “Lawrence” detonated it. The stacks match the movie print.
Rubbish! I was there in 1998 and I know for a fact that engine was pulled over on it's side, using a bulldozer in order to get at the rails beneath by scavengers. This was well after Lawrence & co. You need to research more.
@@smallplanetpix looking forward to seeing it. The Haramain railway looks cool, but hopefully, it will become more useful in years to come as they develop last-mile transit, e.g. with the Jeddah Metro. It would also be useful if say they could set aside a corridor leading up to the Makkah station where Haram rules don't apply, say where someone could travel to the station and get an onward bus to somewhere else, such as Ta'if, the roses city.
In some parts of the rolling stock there is not burned wood with the rest of it gone. I suspect the wood was removed as being rare and useful for firewood. The cars were not burned. There are 2 metal tanks elevated in stone buildings. I suspect one was water and the other was oil. Water is necessary in the operation of a steam locomotive. If it ran low and the crown sheet was exposed it would explode. There might not have been any source of wood or coal and there was oil further north. In the United State the railroads were converted from coal to oil about 1900. There are circles of stone and dirt in the sand near a station. I saw those elsewhere from Google Earth. I saw photos from that era which showed the Ottoman Army using circular conical tents about that size. It must have been where soldiers slept when they were in the area. This is very interesting. Thank you.
That's beautifully done video. We visited the place in Eid vacation, but still couldn't complete the video. I can get some inspiration from you. Thanks.
I have driven, camped etc the whole Hejaz line from Medina to Medain Saleh and most of your content is wholly inaccurate. I have pics, journals far differing from your interpretation.
Small-thank you!superb video-work! 💥
Thank you too!
Underrated!!!
Thanks for the comment
Some shots from the video, I see it for the first time.
Good job 👏🏼
Thank you 🙌
Nine one Matt...had a documentary feel. Well edited , perfect narration & knowledge sharing. Its quite inspiring
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice video amigo! I enjoyed it watching this video!
Thanks so much for viewing the video and for the great comment. Very much appreciated.
That’s the train that was in the 1960’s movie with Peter O’Toull. The engine is laying on its side after it blew up when “Lawrence” detonated it. The stacks match the movie print.
Thanks for the info 👍
Rubbish! I was there in 1998 and I know for a fact that engine was pulled over on it's side, using a bulldozer in order to get at the rails beneath by scavengers. This was well after Lawrence & co. You need to research more.
Nope the train the film depicts is still in the desert but way north of here towards Tabuk, much larger engine, visited it last year.
Nice video. Wondering if you can do one on some more modern railways, in particular the Haramain railway and the Riyadh metro (when it opens).
I did travel on the new high speed train from Medina to Jeddah. That will be out soon enough.
@@smallplanetpix looking forward to seeing it. The Haramain railway looks cool, but hopefully, it will become more useful in years to come as they develop last-mile transit, e.g. with the Jeddah Metro. It would also be useful if say they could set aside a corridor leading up to the Makkah station where Haram rules don't apply, say where someone could travel to the station and get an onward bus to somewhere else, such as Ta'if, the roses city.
In some parts of the rolling stock there is not burned wood with the rest of it gone. I suspect the wood was removed as being rare and useful for firewood. The cars were not burned.
There are 2 metal tanks elevated in stone buildings. I suspect one was water and the other was oil. Water is necessary in the operation of a steam locomotive. If it ran low and the crown sheet was exposed it would explode. There might not have been any source of wood or coal and there was oil further north. In the United State the railroads were converted from coal to oil about 1900.
There are circles of stone and dirt in the sand near a station. I saw those elsewhere from Google Earth. I saw photos from that era which showed the Ottoman Army using circular conical tents about that size. It must have been where soldiers slept when they were in the area.
This is very interesting. Thank you.
Thanks for the comment and also the information regarding these trains. Very much appreciated.
So said 😢
this is great, could i get any of your stock footage of the train (drone) and the train for my film?
Hi Imran. What film are you creating?
That's beautifully done video. We visited the place in Eid vacation, but still couldn't complete the video. I can get some inspiration from you. Thanks.
Thanks for taking the time to view my work. I remember seeing your video. Really great drone work. 👍
Who does the first song ?
I am turkish thank you for your response mate!
Thanks for the comment - Glad you enjoyed this historical video of the Ottoman legacy.
I have driven, camped etc the whole Hejaz line from Medina to Medain Saleh and most of your content is wholly inaccurate. I have pics, journals far differing from your interpretation.
can u share?
Thanks for the feedback. You should write a book about it. Let me know when it's published.
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