Repainted by : TLW Original model By: Virtual Modelling Works http://www.train-sim.hu Manufacturer: Ganz-Mávag Mnfr. year: 1981 Total number built for SNCFT: 10 Gauge : all meter Traction: Diesel-Hydraulic Engine: Diesel Pielstick 12PA4-185VG of 1323kW (1800 hp) Max. speed: 100 km/h Weight: 62 tons Wheel arrangement: B'B'
No visit to Central Tunisia is complete without a visit to and ride on the famous Red Lizard Train. Make your way 42 km (26 miles) south-west of Gafsa, to the foot of the Tell Atlas to Metaloui, the centre of the country’s phosphate mining industry, buy your tickets from the town’s main train station and at 11am every day but Saturday, you can climb aboard and take your seat beside the widows of the quaint red carriages and set off on a exhilarating journey along the Seldja Gorge.
Built by the French at the end of the 19th century, the original purpose of the narrow gauge line was to transport the rich phosphate deposits, discovered in 1896 by amateur palaeontologist and French army veterinary surgeon, Philippe Thomas, from Metaloui westwards to Redeyef. The Red Lizard itself was for many years used by the Bey of Tunis, to travel between Tunis and his summer palace at Hammam Lif, but in 1995 was refitted by the national railway company and set to work, which it still does today, transporting tourists in style.
Taking an enjoyable hour and a half, the return journey along the gorge takes you through some of Tunisia’s weirdest and most wonderful rock formations. As the track follows the path carved out by the Oued Seldja, the riverbed which is dry for most of the time, still has enough moisture to allow small pockets of lush greenery which serve to heighten the drama of the rocky landscape and make your adventure all the more remarkable.
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Une locomotive diesel (Généralement la DM255/6/7) tracte une rame composée de six voitures peintes en un rouge royal, munies d'un bandeau jaune or souligné de noir qui court le long de ses flancs où les noms de Lézard rouge et de train touristique sont inscrits en arabe et en français de chaque côté, tandis que le sigle de la SNCFT est gravé dans une plaque de bronze.
Le train touristique se compose d'une voiture-salon, d'une voiture-bar et de quatre voitures confortables dont deux de première classe."
Original Model : Felipe Miranda Downloaded from :http://mstsbrasil.blogspot.com Repainted By : TLW Built: 1983 by General Electric Locomotive type: U22C Engine : General Electric FDL12 of 1862kW (2500hp) Max. speed: 90km/h Weight: 89 Tonnes Total units built for SNCFT : 20 Wheel configuration: Co-Co Gauge: 6 standard (from DN 315 to 320) and 14 meter (from DN 301 to 314 )
Repainted By : TLW Builder: MLW 1971-73 Locomotive type: MX620 Engine : MLW/ALCO 12-251 of 1490kW (2000hp) Max. speed: 90/110 km/h Weight: 90 Tonnes Total units built for SNCFT : 22 Wheel configuration: Co-Co Gauge: 5 standard and 17 meter
Original Model : Nigel Booth (special thank for him) Model Downloaded from : www.tsnz.co.nz
Repainted By : TLW Builder: General Electric Locomotive type: U10B Engine : Caterpillar D-398 of 522kW (710 hp) Max. speed: 95km/h Weight: 64 Tonnes Total units built for SNCFT : 28. Wheel configuration: Bo-Bo Gauge: 10 standard and 18 narrow ( 1000 mm )
