File 3142/1903 'Hedjaz Railway' [‎65r] (136/488)

Stations.
Distances
in Kilometres.
Details of Line.
16‘09 123’2 Deraa {continued)
Line ascends over open cultivated country along the
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Zedi.
Crosses by a bridge of five masonry arches of 20 ft.,
over a stream 40 yards wide and 1 ft. deep, in a
rocky bed; piers 30 ft. high. Diversion could be
made. Stream almost dry in summer.
Crosses small stream by two masonry arches of 15 ft.,
with little water even in spring.
Stone station building and one siding of 250 yards.
Buildings are of better construction than on the
Damascus-Deraa section, where they are low, flat
roofed, and with inferior accommodation. Country
. well cultivated. Nassib, 150 houses, is on a knoll
1 mile to west.
Some small culverts cover stony ravines. Undulating
country; some cultivation; good grazing in spring.
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161’7 Mafrak (1,961 ft.)
Stone station building and siding of 250 yards. Pilgrim
route passes close to west. Kalaat-el-Mafrak, a
ruined castle with large stone reservoir adjoining,
which usually contains water.
Windmill pump brings water to tank at station. Beni
Sakhr Arabs usually found here.
Line proceeds over open undulating country; some
rock cuttings 15 ft. deep.
23-6 185-3 Semra (1,834 ft.)
Stone station building; one siding. Some grazing in
spring.
Line descends towards Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Zerka, following a wide
valley with stream containing water only in spring.
This is the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dulgil.
202-7 | Kalaat-ez-Zerka (2,027 ft.) Stone station building and one siding on edge of a
plateau overlooking the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Zerka. Thriving Cir
cassian village of 100 houses, three-quarters of a
mile to west. Water from well. Tank 25 cubic
metres. Line descends at gradient of 1/62 to 1/55
into wide depression of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Zerka, a perennial
stream, and a tributary of the Jordan. Valley well
cultivated ; irrigation from stream.
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Railway crosses to right bank by masonry bridge of
six 20 -ft. arches, and continues up valley at 1/80.
^crosses to right bank bj’ masonry bridge of six 20 -ft.
arches over stream 40 ft. wide, in stony bed, and
some 2 feet deep, in stream bordered by a few
shrubs and low trees. Valley well cultivated.
19-7 222 - 4 Amman (2,418 ft.)
Large two-storied station buildings. Turntable. Coal
depot Engine-shed for five engines. Water tank of
50 cubic metres, supplied by steam pump from river
close by. A good spring for drinking close to
station. Small repairs can be done here. Two
sidings of 300 yards each; usually an accumulation
of rolling-stock.
Circassian village of 800 houses close by and ruins of
Rabbath Ammon. District widely cultivated in last
two years. At present trains of only five carriages
can ascend to Kissir, thus requiring two trips for an
ordinary train. Duplex engines of greater power are
now being provided to obviate this.
Line turns out of the Amman Valley and ascends at
once the southern heights, following a tributary
ravine. Some sharp curves of 100 to 150 meties
radius, with ascending gradient of 1/55 and short
sections of 1/45; these at the sharpest curves.
Several derailments have taken place on this
gradient.