5924465 A motor inspection car on the desert railway, Libya, October 1916. (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: A motor inspection car on the desert railway, Libya, October 1916. Photograph, World War One, Middle East (1914-1918), Libya 1916 Image caption states: ?Motor inspection car - on desert railway outside No 2 Block House - Libyan desert Oct 1916.? Construction on the desert railway began in February 1916. It eventually spanned hundreds of miles across the Sinai peninsula, providing troops and supplies to the front line. From a collection of photographs taken by Corporal Joseph Egerton, Shropshire Yeomanry in Sinai and Palestine.); by National Army Museum ; out of copyright.