
Z class 2-8-2 number 96 (Esslingen 5194/1956) stands in Baghdad West station with the overnight passenger train to Basra, as a Y class 2-8-2 built by Vulcan Foundry in 1953 approaches on a freight on 14/3/1967. Photo Basil Roberts

Z class 2-8-2 number 96 (Esslingen 5194/1956) stands in Baghdad West station with the overnight passenger train to Basra, as a Y class 2-8-2 built by Vulcan Foundry in 1953 approaches on a freight on 14/3/1967. Photo Basil Roberts