We've been expecting you, BLS 20231005--406
The second day of the Branch Line Society's "The Sahara Explorer" railtour, which ran from from Oujda to Bouárfa in Morocco, stands at Tendrara in the Sahara Desert. At the head of the train are ONCF (Moroccan National Railways) locos DH411 and DH367.
The front two coaches were for the use of ONCF staff, while the third coach is a generator van which also contains an area which was used for food preparation as well as selling cold drinks (and giving away bottles of water). Fourth is a couchette coach, available to the 32 tour participants on the return journey (which took place overnight - a departure just after 9pm resulted in an arrival back at Oujda just after 05.15 the following morning). At the back are two seating coaches, the first being air conditioned while the rearmost coach has opening windows and was originally built for SNCB (Belgium).
The tour was met by a party of local children, who welcomed the group. A group of folk singers had been expected, but they had had to cancel - and the children sang a song for the visiting BLS party.
Tendrara station featured in the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, being the location where Bond and Madeleine Swann alight from a train in search of Blofeld's base.
Visit Brian Carter's Non-Transport Pics to see my photos of landscapes, buildings, bridges, sunsets, rainbows and more.
We've been expecting you, BLS 20231005--406
The second day of the Branch Line Society's "The Sahara Explorer" railtour, which ran from from Oujda to Bouárfa in Morocco, stands at Tendrara in the Sahara Desert. At the head of the train are ONCF (Moroccan National Railways) locos DH411 and DH367.
The front two coaches were for the use of ONCF staff, while the third coach is a generator van which also contains an area which was used for food preparation as well as selling cold drinks (and giving away bottles of water). Fourth is a couchette coach, available to the 32 tour participants on the return journey (which took place overnight - a departure just after 9pm resulted in an arrival back at Oujda just after 05.15 the following morning). At the back are two seating coaches, the first being air conditioned while the rearmost coach has opening windows and was originally built for SNCB (Belgium).
The tour was met by a party of local children, who welcomed the group. A group of folk singers had been expected, but they had had to cancel - and the children sang a song for the visiting BLS party.
Tendrara station featured in the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, being the location where Bond and Madeleine Swann alight from a train in search of Blofeld's base.
Visit Brian Carter's Non-Transport Pics to see my photos of landscapes, buildings, bridges, sunsets, rainbows and more.