Damascus - Sana
Phrases and memories of the visitor crowded Mohammed Hayek, who rushed to the place of the whistle of the train heard before leaving the gate of the Damascus International Fair to begin a journey with memory in an old train carriage with scenes stored between longing and nostalgia.
The vehicle is symbolic of the city of Damascus and has a beautiful space to restore memory to the days of childhood and trips Ain Fijeh and Wadi Barada, this began Hayek talk to SANA, adding: `` I heard the whistle of the train and I was preparing to get out of the exhibition and I rushed to the place of the train and was very happy to see him here. ''
Visitors are eagerly entertained to enter the car, sit on their seats and listen to the information provided by the employees of the Hijaz Railway Line, which is related to the history and schedule of the movement of this vehicle, which dates back more than 50 years, and are racing to take memorial photos that renew old scenes or retain a new scene for the future.
The train belonging to the General Organization for Railways Hijazi, supervised by Yahya Halwani, the oldest technician and chariot driver in the institution receives visitors with a smile and conjures up the information and memories that accompanied him during his fifty years in the profession, including the songs he chooses to sing in the place and said: It was Anisa trips.
Halwani pointed out that this vehicle displayed today at the Damascus International Fair, which dates back to 1906 and its locomotive belonging to 1908 itself, which was going on the Yarmouk line to the festival of Bosra, Rabwah and Hama .
In turn, the engineer in the institution Ziad Yazji stressed the importance of the presence of this vehicle within the Damascus International Fair as a heritage and tourist, pointing to the old pieces inside the vehicle, some dating back to 1850, such as boycotting tickets and the old tiger, and introductory manuals on the mechanism of railway work and its centers in all governorates.
Maha Atrash