Senussi Cave Railway
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| Senussi Cave Railway | |
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| Line length | 400 yd (370 m) |
| Track gauge | 2 ft (610 mm) |
The Senussi Cave Railway was a 400 yards (370 m) long, 2 feet (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that was built in 1941 during the Siege of Tobruk at the Senussi Cave near Tobruk, Libya.[1]
The Senussi Cave Railway leads from a military road that was blasted into the mountains on 28 August 1941 above a wadi east of Tobruk harbour to the Senussi Cave.[2][3]
The Senussi Cave had been reinforced during World War II by Italian troops with a concrete arch. It was captured by British and Australian troops in the summer of 1941 and prepared to be used as a field hospital named "Senussi Hospital" in the cave. However, eventually it was used as a bomb-proof store.[4] Up to 300 t of ammunition and goods could be securely stored there.[5]
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"Senussi Hospital" cave
Blasting of the military road
Loading the trains east of the harbour
