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The Fayoum Light Railway was a 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge Egyptian light railway, construction of which began in 1898. It served an irrigation district south of Cairo, centred on the provincial capital of Medinet-el-Fayoum. The railway comprised 7, mostly roadside, branch lines with a total length of 97 miles. British railway engineer Everard Calthrop was a consultant on this railway.[1]

References

  1. ^ Gratton, Robert, 2005,The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway, RCL Publications.

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