Cambodia Steam
A selection of pictures taken on a railway trip to Cambodia on the 15/16th January 2000.
The attraction was a chartered mixed train on 15th January 2000, hauled by a SACM wood-fired Pacific 231-501 (date built uncertain). The train ran from the capital Phnom Penh for about 70 kms south to a provincial town called Takeo. The engine went out chimney-first and returned tender-first as there are no turning facilities anywhere in the Cambodian system.
On 16th January a visit was made to the loco shed at Phnom Penh, situated 1 km south of the station. It contained Pacifics 231-502, 231-504, 231-505, 231-508 and 231-509, Mikado 141-551 and a lovely Franco-Belge 1912-built 2-6-2 131-106. Also inside the shed was a derelict 231-503 and outside an equally derelict 231-507.
The attraction was a chartered mixed train on 15th January 2000, hauled by a SACM wood-fired Pacific 231-501 (date built uncertain). The train ran from the capital Phnom Penh for about 70 kms south to a provincial town called Takeo. The engine went out chimney-first and returned tender-first as there are no turning facilities anywhere in the Cambodian system.
On 16th January a visit was made to the loco shed at Phnom Penh, situated 1 km south of the station. It contained Pacifics 231-502, 231-504, 231-505, 231-508 and 231-509, Mikado 141-551 and a lovely Franco-Belge 1912-built 2-6-2 131-106. Also inside the shed was a derelict 231-503 and outside an equally derelict 231-507.
