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Photo accompanying a non-railway-related article in Al Arabiya 04 November 2011 - http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/ ... 75465.html

great picture. Chinese diesel? Is that metre gauge?

I think it's Chinese. Gauge is Cape Gauge, 3' 6".

A lightweight SDD1a from CSR Ziyang, Cat 3512B @ 1800HP, 81 Tonnes

Propaganda sheet from CSR's Canadian agent
http://lawrenceavenue.org/download/CSR_ziyang.pdf
Ignore the reference to 4 SDD8's for Brazil, this is a Porky Pie, there were only 2, renumbered prior to arrival in Brazil

Thanks Mel. Would be interesting to model all the new Sudan locomotives.