Best of all, this clip comes with English subtitles

I've compiled some more links to North Africa movie clips on YouTube in this thread:
viewtopic.php?t=105827
...but this clip is the most interesting one I've seen so far.
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TRIPOLI RAILROAD
# of units Type Numbers Year built Year placed in service
Steam engines in Tripoli
12 0-8-0t R.401.1-12 1908 1912
5 2-6-0t R.302.10-13&20 1922 1939
1 2-6-0t R.302.42 1927 1939
Diesel railcars
6(?) 1938 1938
CYRENAICA RAILROAD
# of units Type Numbers Year built Year placed in service
Steam engines in Cyrenaica
2 2-6-0t R.301.21-22 1914 1918
1 2-6-0t R.301.33 1914 1918
1 2-6-0t R.301.?? 1914 1918
1 2-6-0t R.302.22 1922 1939
1 2-6-0t R.302.35 1927 1939
Diesel locmotives
4 BoBo DE 201-4 1940 1941*
Diesel railcars
2 1938 1938
*The diesel engines were sent across in crates. Only one was ever assembled and put to service in Libya.
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Shipments of German train engines to North Africa
Cargo Port & date of departure load date DoA to Tobruk unload date
WR360C14 Taranto 03.08.1942 n/a 05.08.1942 05.08.1942
WR200B14 " n/a " 07.08.1942
WR200B14 " n/a " 08.08.1942
WR550D14 Brindisi 06.09.1942 01.09.1942 08.09.1942 08.09.1942
WR200B14 " " " 09.09.1942
WR550D14 " " " 10.09.1942
WR200B14 " " " 10/11.09.1942
WR200B14 " " " 10/11.09.1942
WR360C14 Taranto 17.10.1942 16.10.1942 19.10.1942 20/21.10.1942
WR360C14 " " " 20/21.10.1942
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Tonnages delivered on the Tobruk - El Alamein line by month
Customer Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.
Heer 1020 n/a 1646 973
Luftwaffe 267 n/a 598
WH combined: 1287 3385 2244
For Italians 1126 2954 1907
Daily avg. 151 211 134 122
(tons/train)
Jon G. wrote:It appears that we (or at least I) have some backtracking to do - according to Lauscher, no less than ten German diesel locomotives were shipped to Libya in the autumn of 1942.
Jon G. wrote:...note that it took a full 24 hours to cover the distance Tobruk - Mersah Matruh!
Bronsky wrote:Jon G. wrote:...note that it took a full 24 hours to cover the distance Tobruk - Mersah Matruh!
Tobruk to El Alamein = 500 km, or 20 hours at 25 km/h average speed (Badoni shunters, remember?).
Add an 8 hours pause for the night, and the whole the trip took 28 hours.