This photo from Life magazin has the caption “Deserted Afghan railway car after failure to begin rail system”.
<p>Dated 1938 in the caption, the picture shows an overgrown bogie coach from the short-lived narrow gauge railway which ran for 7 km between Kabul and Darulaman.
</p>
The number painted at each end is “2” as a vehicle number, or a class number. The coach is noticeably longer than one in labeled “1”.
Unknown photographer
1938
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/kabul-railway-coach-photo/">Kabul railway coach photo </a>