Tel Shamam - 1925 by m_daniel
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Description
The train, rails and station were modelled by me -
the people came from Poser (standard male and the old man left is Daz Michael).
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Tel Shamam ("the empty hill" in Arabic) was a train station on the railway from Beirut Lebanon) -Haifa (Palestine) -Damascus (Syria).
This specific station is located in the Izrael-Valley, at the village of Kefar Yehoshua. Built by the Turks in 1901-1904 and used until 1918 when the British forces conquered Israel on the Turks.
The train used to commute people from Beirut to Haifa and troops from the port of Haifa to Damascus on the way to Iraq.
The train speed was 25km/hr! The train station holds the world record of being the lowest in the world ! -246meter under the sea level !
If you could squeeze Moscow, Washington DC, Berlin, Hanoi and Beijing on one 500km railway route, you could understand what importance and what a
Comments (9)
Elsina
Exellent modelling and I really like the POV. Great story behind it also!
Panic912
Great work! The texturing is beautiful!
Porthos
Absolutely fantastic!! Thanks for the info, it was interesting! Wonderful modelling! Bravo!!
Irish
AWESOME!! Not only is the modelling awesome but the image itself and the story behind it gives it even more appeal. Bravo!
nish
excellent modelling!
erka
Let's hope this reailway will be active again someday..... Very good modeling work on the train and nice smoke effects :)
sacada
Fantastic. Excellent modelling and textures. Well done.
timefighter
Great modeling job!. You did an excellent job on the steam and smoke as well. Way to GO!!
SQS
Wonderful modelling! And interesting history lesson.