Operation Telic: Photos

This gallery has been reordered so that the most recent photographs are at the top.

Chairman of the Umm Qasr interim committee, Najin Abd Mahdi, welcoming the reopening of the rail line. (Click here for high resolution version)	On Saturday 19 April, the first train ran on the newly reopened rail line between Umm Qasr and Basrah. This vital link will enable humanitarian aid to be transported directly from the port of Umm Qasr to the heart of Basrah (Click here for high resolution version)	Lieutenant Liz Davies, Rail Troop Commander of 17 Port and Maritime Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps (Click here for high resolution version)
On board the first train between Umm Qasr and Basrah (Click here for high resolution version)	The Normandy Band, Queen's Division, currently attached to 34 Field Hospital on medical support duties, play at the ceremony in Umm Qasr (Click here for high resolution version)	Locals play board games to pass the time on their train journey to Basrah (Click here for high resolution version)
A British soldier at work repairing the vital railway line between the port of Umm Qasr and Basrah (Click here for high resolution version)	Much of the repair work was undertaken by local Iraqi engineers (Click here for high resolution version)	A Territorial Army Sergeant, in civilian life a professional railway engineer, supervises the work (Click here for high resolution version)

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