Czesziafan
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A former girlfriend of mine went on holiday with her parents to Egypt in the summer of 1980. The trip involved overnight train travel between Cairo and Luxor / Aswan and vv. One thing she told me was that they travelled in old sleeping cars that were about to be replaced that year. I did some research that confirmed that the Egyptian Railways introduced new German built sleepers late in 1980.
Was the "old stock" she spoke of the ex-Wagons Lits coaches introduced in the late 1920's, described by George Behrend in "Grand European Expresses", or something else, and if so, what?
I made the same journey a few years later and it was definitely new German stock then.
Was the "old stock" she spoke of the ex-Wagons Lits coaches introduced in the late 1920's, described by George Behrend in "Grand European Expresses", or something else, and if so, what?
I made the same journey a few years later and it was definitely new German stock then.