Senussi troops occupied the Bahariya, Farafra, Dakhla and Kharga oases in the Western Desert of Egypt and applied pressure onto the Nile valley.

[1][2] Approximately 2500 soldiers, 40 motor vehicles and not less than 4800 camels were provided to re-occupy the oasis, assuming that 800 Senussi troops were stationed there.

One week later, on 16 October 1916, camel riders and light motor patrol vehicles re-occupied the oasis once again.

It was impossible to extend the railway any further than Block House B6 due to the Abu-Muharriq dunes, thus the track ended there.

The military did not see a purpose for keeping the railway running after the end of the war in 1918, and thus it was taken out of use in 1919, although the area provided some opportunities for phosphate and iron ore mining.