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Baharia Military Railway

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The Baharia Military Railway was a 134 km (83 miles) long narrow gauge railway with a gauge of 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) in Egypt, which led from the Nile valley to the Abu-Muharriq dunes near the Bahariya Oasis.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Motor inspection car - on desert railway outside No 2 Block House - Libyan desert Oct 1916
Photo: Collection of photographs taken by Corporal Joseph Egerton, Shropshire Yeomanry in Sinai and Palestine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Baharia Military Railway was a 134 km (83 miles) long narrow gauge railway with a gauge of 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) in Egypt, which led from the Nile valley to the Abu-Muharriq dunes near the Bahariya Oasis.2

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