Many of the stone arch bridges on the Hedjaz Jordan Railway were comprised of the same white stone as the desert sand, blending them with the surroundings. On November 12, 1972, 4-6-2 No. 85, built in Japan in 1959, crossed a six-arch bridge near Gurf Al Daraweech, in the hostile Jordanian desert. The black locomotive and its train of gray boxcars was well-framed by the white sand and blue sky.
