CEL A Class No.31

No.31 is a rack rail 0-8-2 side tank steam locomotive.
== History ==
No.31 was built by the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in 1906 as builders number 1741 for Damas, Hamah and Extensions (French: Damas, Hamah et Prolongements) also known as DHP was a French railway company which operated a large railway network in the middle-east.https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/lebanon03.htmhttps://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=27823https://www.flickr.com/photos/124446949@N06/33352272460/in/album-72157653906817260/https://www.flickr.com/photos/124446949@N06/34681068752/in/album-72157653906817260/
In 1960/61 the Lebanese section of the DHP network comprising of four lines became the Lebanese Railway or CEL (French: Chemins de fer de l’Etat Libanais). No.31 retained it's DHP number and continued to operated as a rack rail locomotive until around the 1970s when steam was slowly fazed out during the railways decline. No.31 is know located behind a shed in Rayak along with a few other members of the A class.
== Trivia ==
* No.31's existence was last confirmed in May 2016, but has been confirmed to still exist with the aid of Google maps.
== Bibliography ==
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