built and operated a 125 miles (200 km) long narrow gauge railway with a gauge of 2 feet 6 inch (762 mm) in Egypt.

They had an observation car and a saloon car with leather covered seats and windows tinted in blue.

[4] One or several locomotives were supplied by Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. in the time from 1922 to 1937.

[5] From 1974 to 1989, a new 375 miles (680 km) long standard gauge railway line was built from Safaga at the Red Sea via Qena to Kharga Oasis.

However, the world-price for phosphates had dropped so much during the unusually long construction period that mining was not profitable anymore, after the line had been opened.