Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Whilst on holiday in Egypt I discovered an abandoned railway and became a bit obsessed with it. Nobody in the area knew much about it, despite them seeing it almost every day, and even the information I did get was conflicting. It turns out this was the line from Qena to Safaga and it's got a bit of a history involving armed gangs and poor financial decisions.

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0:00 A Railway in the Desert
1:36 Research
3:06 All Becomes Clear
4:57 World War 2 Railway
5:42 The Future