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The Senussi Cave Railway was a 400 yard (366 m) long 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway, which was built in 1941 during the Siege of Tobruk at the Senussi Cave near Tobruk, Libya.
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The Senussi Cave Railway lead from a military road that was blasted into the mountains on 28 August 1941 above a wadi east of Tobruk harbour to the Senussi Cave.
The Senussi Cave had been reinforced during World War II by Italian troops with a concrete arch. It was captured by British and Australian troops in the summer of 1941 and prepared to be used as a field hospital named "Senussi Hospital" cave. However, eventually it was used as bomb proof stores. Up to 300 t of ammunition and goods could be securely store there.
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