Israel seeks to revive long abandoned railway to Gulf
al-monitor ›› Jan 8, 2018 ·
Mohab Mamish, the chairman of the Suez Canal ... many Egyptians about the long-term feasibility of the Suez Canal Area ... “
This railway will be an alternative to the Suez Canal."
FUD Wrote:
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> They need to build a parallel railroad for backup!
> Though these days it would probably be a parallel
> highway.
>
> Did you know that the Panama Canal Railway was the
> first transcontinental* railroad in the Americas?
> Completed 1855. Currently a KCS subsidiary.
>
> * Defined as connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.
> For pedants: the Caribbean is considered part of
> the Atlantic Ocean for this purpose.