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Oil royalties financed the construction of a government railroad that connected the seaport town of Dammam to the inland capital of Riyadh. In 1948, Saudi workers stacked countless railroad ties by hand in a storage yard until they were used to build the 644 kilometer line.

(Photo by R.Y. Richie)

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