All information about the lost train of Istanbul, the construction of which started in 1914 and started to operate under the name of 'Haliç-Karadeniz Sahara Line' in 8 months and mingled with silent losses in the early 1950s, was published as a book after years of research with the efforts of Kağıthane Municipality.
Professor Dr. The 18-year study, co-executed by Emre Dölen, collector Mert Sandalcı, journalist and also Press Consultant of Kagithane Municipality, Hüseyin Irmak, was published by the Municipality of Kagithane under the name "On the Footsteps of a Lost Railroad". The 344-page book, prepared under the editorship of Mert Sandalcı and published in Turkish-English, explores the lost pages of Istanbul's history.
Es This book is the work of 16-17 annual accumulation. "
Giving information about the book collector Mert Sandalcı, bir My interest in this train is my interest in small trains in my childhood and the fact that I never forget a picnic in the 3 class in Kağıthane. After a while, after seeing that there was a railroad by chance here, the 16-17 was a collection of an annual collection and it turned into a book. The most important feature of the documents in the book is that we can call the suburbs of Istanbul and 1910 is not thought to be taken at all in a very intense style of photography and 350'ye near the document is revealed. The book is quite valuable in that respect, Kitap he said.
Indicating that they made a great effort to find traces of the railway in the region during their research before the book's writing stage, Sandalcı said, “Nobody knew exactly how the train was going on a line, completely lost its traces and almost nothing remained. While trying to find something helplessly, a hard object got stuck in my foot as I walked through the woodland. When I lifted the leaves, I saw a stone, and when I saw the 9/8 written on the stone, I cannot tell you the happiness and excitement that I experienced. We thought about what this number on the stone would mean for a while, and we found that this was the milestone, 9 showed kilometers and 8 meters, and we discovered that this stone should be every 100 meters. Then, by moving 100 meters to every direction of the stone we first found, we found other milestones. They had been there for about 100 years. It is not possible for me to describe the feelings I had at that moment. ” said.
"We wanted it to be printed and the information to be tidy."
Stating that they reveal the technical information about the railway and the train, Kağıthane Mayor Fazlı Kılıç said, “The historical Kağıthane Railway is a line that was rapidly built to carry coal from the tree and double areas so that Istanbul will not be without electricity when the power plant Istanbul is left without coal. Because in those years, Istanbul was under occupation. It was not possible to bring coal to Santral Istanbul from England and the coals brought from Zonguldak were prevented. Thus, a solution was produced. The railway also undertook a different task during this period. He moved from the weapons warehouse in Kağıthane to deliver weapons to the Black Sea and Anatolia. Therefore, we have prepared the book of a historical railway, the construction of which started very fast, completed in 1 year and then carried out very important functions. We wanted the information to be printed and tidy. After hundreds of years, we said that when people want to reach, they should get ready information ”.
In Search of a Lost Railway
It was discovered during the research that the lost train, which the Istanbulites called araştırma Kağıthane Railway, ”also served to kidnap weapons and ammunition in Anatolia during the years of the occupation. In the book, the story of transferring ammunition from the warehouses of the Golden Horn to Agacli-Karaburun and the transfer of the ammunition from here to İnebolu by boats were included in the book.
The book is an important micro-history study; 1. In all aspects of the World War II, the city's electricity is handed down to the story of the transfer of wood charcoal to the Golden Horn in order to eliminate the danger of the factory and ships becoming charred. Both the detailed photos of the facilities in the quarry and the line route of the route photographs of the team, reaching a follow-up of many years, many materials were seen for the first time said.
Presenting the current route of the missing line to the reader with aerial photographs, the book uses old maps showing the railway for comparison. The route from which the train was used is also photographed from the ground, and the result of the rot disappearance çalışma that started when the 1950 came to an end, has reached the conclusion.
The technical text of the locomotives and wagons and the drawings of the locomotives and wagons was prepared by a railway passenger named Alan Prior. As the drawings are given in the drawings, it is possible to make a model. Dr. Besides the writings of Emre Dölen, Mert Sandalcı and Hüseyin Irmak;
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