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Vietnam: A steam locomotive on the Danang to Hue railway line (early 20th century)

Vietnam: A steam locomotive on the Danang to Hue railway line (early 20th century)

The Vietnam North-South Railway, runs 1,726 km (1,080 miles) from Hanoi to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) along the Vietnamese coast on a 1-m gauge track. The railway was constructed by French colonists as part of a railway network in Indochina. It was officially inaugurated on October 2, 1936. Nowadays known as the Reunification Express, the railway is renowned as the slowest train service in the world.