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(c) Trucks. All four-wheeled

Quan- i Load. Journals. :
Maker or type. tity. Tare.

i
tons. tons. c.m.
Baume et Marpent 76 7-5 15 8-0
Haine St. Pierre 81 7-4 15 8-5
Roeulx . 25 7*5 15 8-5
Gotha . 27 8*2 15 8-5
Haine St. Pierre 34 8*2 15 8-5
Haine St. Pierre 5 9*1 15 8-5
Haine St. Pierre 35 8-2 15 8-5
Roeulx . 80 8-5 15 8-5

(d) Tank-wagons

Quan- Length Age,
Maker. Tare. Load. Journals.
tity over-all. years.
tons. c.m. m.
Baume et Marpent . 44 10-9 ? 15 8*5 10-98
Kelsterbach . 1 10-37 15 8-5 10-35
Kelsterbach . 1 10-87 16 8-5 10-35

The total stock will then be :
Locomotives (long run). Certainly 30, possibly about 50.
Passenger coaches. About 180, of all classes (reserved for officers).
Brake-wagons. About 40.
Box-wagons. About 700.
Trucks. About 600.
> Tank-wagons. About 40.

u This stock has to work the lines Rayak-Beirut, Rayak-Damascus-
Der‘a, Der‘a-Beersheba, and Der'a-Medina. The precise amount
of stock available for the Hejaz line will therefore depend on too
many factors to be constant, or to be estimated with any accuracy.
It has, however, been reported that the rolling stock was not too
ample for the proper maintenance of the Sinai forces, before anv
unusual pressure on the Medina branch took place. W
The working system was in blocks, brigaded as follows ;
Km.
Inter. Total.
Damascus 0 0
Der‘a 123 123
Ma‘an . 336 459
Tebuk . 233 692
Meda’in Salih 263 955
tMedina . 350 1,305