October 27th Monday:
Independent arrivals at Asmara, Eritrea and hotel check-in at the five star Inter-Continental Hotel. Lufthansa has a flight departing from Frankfurt, Germany at 12:40pm and arriving in Asmara at 9:20pm. Also Egypt Air has a flight from London to Asmara.
October 28 Tuesday: (B-L-D)
Afternoon visit to the Eritrean Railway workshops, running shed and yards. This railroad is on 950mm gauge. We have arranged to have all four of their steam locomtives in operation today for photos including the three 0-4-4-0 Mallets. Overnight in Asmara.
October 29 Wednesday: (B-L-D)
Today we have a charter Fiat railcar and steam passenger train run from Asmara down the mountain to the Red Sea port of Massawa with plenty of photo run-bys. This is a distance of 75 miles. Overnight in Massawa.
October 30 Thursday: (B-L-D)
We start the long steep climb back up into the mountains towards Asmara today. We will have our charter railcar and following a few minutes behind us will be our charter steam train. Today we will only run half way to Asmara so that we will have plenty of time to stage many spectacular photo run-bys on the many bridges and loop on the steep grade. Our charter bus will take us on into Asmara for lodging.
October 31 Friday: (B-L-D)
We return in the morning by bus to our two charters and reboard to continue the climb towards summit and on down into Asmara, again with plenty of photo run-bys. Overnight in Asmara.
November 1 Saturday: (B-L-D)
Morning charter steam Asmara to summit and return with two trains..One will be our passenger train and one a cargo train. Plenty of photo run-bys with both trains. Late afternoon sightseeing tour of Asmara before going to the airport to catch the Lufthansa flight back to Germany.
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