Talk:Rail transport in Lebanon

Sources for article expansion
at the German Wikipedia. [Inter alia, note that Anderson et al. state that the Hedjaz Railway absorbed the DHP's concession south from Damascus, while the German page says that the HRR failed to purchase that route owing to the DHP's excessive demands. Even though both were built to 1.05 m gauge, they weren't connected but ran parallel to one another. — Llywelyn II   12:37, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Eisenbahn Damas–Hama et Prolongements
 * Hauranbahn
 * Société des Chemins de fer Ottomans économiques de Beyrouth-Damas-Hauran
 * Libanonbahn
 * Bahnstrecke Haifa–Beirut–Tripoli
 * PKP-Baureihe SP45, the Polish locomotives used by CEL

Burns has the distance btwn Beirut and Damascus at 147 km (not 140) and the distance btwn Damascus and Muz' at 103 km (not 105). — Llywelyn II   13:39, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

There's more at that could be used.
 * Bilmez & Schiller (already cited) and
 * this financial treatment

Rather large amount that could be used here: in particular the first part, where it shows that the value of the city's trade was up ~50% following the introduction of the line. The Aleppo Ry section starts on page 14. — Llywelyn II   06:50, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * British report on Damascene trade in 1906

And stilll more here: including mention of Alexandretta's caravan trade surviving unbothered for a time and then the railway catching on; the primary trade of the Tripoli Northern line being materiel for the German Baghdad Ry; and photographic plates of the railway in the back. — Llywelyn II   07:11, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Another report on all of Syria, Leb, & Palestine through 1920