Member Profile Total number of comments: 1 (since 2013-12-17 21:47:14) Arthur Goodwin Showing comments 1 - 1Page: 1 How Peter O'Toole Saved the Arabs (According to David Lean) Arthur Goodwin 12/17/2013 at 4:09 pm The rail line you mention (the Hejaz Railroad) extended only to Medina; it did not go all the way to Mecca. This is attested to by numerous books, maps, etc. of the World War I period, after which most of the line was abandoned. Wikipedia has an article on this railroad that does a decent job of covering the basics about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hejaz_Railway Rest of the article was great! Showing comments 1 - 1Page: 1 TweetShareRedditEmail
The rail line you mention (the Hejaz Railroad) extended only to Medina; it did not go all the way to Mecca.
This is attested to by numerous books, maps, etc. of the World War I period, after which most of the line was abandoned.
Wikipedia has an article on this railroad that does a decent job of covering the basics about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hejaz_Railway
Rest of the article was great!