"العراق والخليج الفارسي" [ظ‎‎٣‎٨‎٥] (٨٦٢/٧٧٣)

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COMMUNICATIONS
3. JASSIMIYA (BAQUBA)-KUT AL IMARA
Route
Jassimiya (Baquba)-Aziziya
Aziziya-Kut al Imara .
Branch-lines
None.
72-6 miles
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116-8 kilometres
84-8 „
201-6
Permanent Way and Stations
Metre gauge. Single track. Details of rails, sleepers, ballast, &c., not
available. There are 6 watering stations, including the 2 termini (listed
below) and 7 intermediate passing-stations, which were not yet in use early
in 1944. Details of them are not yet available. There are no large bridges,
the longest being a single-girder bridge of 16 feet; most irrigation channels
have pipe-culverts. Gradients are easy, the maximum being 1 in 200. The
mileage of loops, yards, sidings, &c., is 22-2, but details are not yet available.
Capacity
Early in 1944 the capacity was limited to 2 trains a day each way, but it
could be increased to 3.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Details of the alinement are not yet available, but the line leaves the
Baghdad-Kirkuk about 4 miles beyond Baquba and leads southwards,
keeping about 5 miles east of the Diyala to Naif (mile 18-8) and then
gradually diverges a little east of south, crossing the old Nahrwan
canal, to Tel Cheliab (m. 42-2), which seems to be about 8 miles from
the Tigris north of Lajj. Thence the line follows the general course of
the Tigris, keeping clear of the river and its riverain cultivation, to
Aziziya, Zubaida, and Kut al Imara. At Naif, Tel Cheliab, and
Aziziya, water is obtained from irrigation channels, but details of tank
capacity are not known.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Miles from
Jassimiya
Stations
Remarks
o-o
Jassimiya
W. (T. 10,000 gls., filled from ground tanks).
18-8
Naif
W. (T.).
42-2
Tel Cheliab
W. (T.).
72-6
Aziziya
W. (T.).
104-2
Zubaida
W. (T.).
125-3
Kut al Imara
W. (T.(3), 25,000 gls., filled from ground tanks).
ES.; Sdgs.; high-level oil-tank (5,000 gls.); cranes
(10-ton, 7-ton) at Kut dock. For town, see p. 543 -