The concept appeared simple, but the railway would need to cross a brutal mosaic of rocky hills and mountain ranges, dense scrub, and sandy and stony deserts ​ — parts of which turned into quagmire or raging torrents after rain.
Секогаш кога ќе заврне дожд, некои делови од овие пустини се претвораат во мочуришта или, пак, низ нив беснеат силни порои.