🇲🇦 Al-Atlas 101 @ Ouled Ayad (أولاد عياد)
As I implied with the previous photo, the line east of Fès is not electrified. Service is almost exclusively covered by class DH 400 locomotives, with numbers 416-420 (certified for a top speed of 140 kph) covering part of the passenger services. Freight service is sparse, particularly on a Friday (the holy day in Islam, equivalent to Sunday in Christian countries): I have only seen one freight trein from the rooftop terrace of my riad back in Fès - too far and too built-in to be photographed.
Here, Al-Atlas 101 (the same train as on the previous photo, which one can easily overtake) is crossing a side arm of the Idriss I reservoir (visible in the background), hauled by DH 420. The loco is of American origin (EMD NGT26CW-3) but built by TŽV Gredelj in Croatia. The reservoir is normally full of water, but an extended drought has laid bare the small old railway bridge visible between two pillars of the new one. Ouled Ayad, 06-01-2023.
🇲🇦 Al-Atlas 101 @ Ouled Ayad (أولاد عياد)
As I implied with the previous photo, the line east of Fès is not electrified. Service is almost exclusively covered by class DH 400 locomotives, with numbers 416-420 (certified for a top speed of 140 kph) covering part of the passenger services. Freight service is sparse, particularly on a Friday (the holy day in Islam, equivalent to Sunday in Christian countries): I have only seen one freight trein from the rooftop terrace of my riad back in Fès - too far and too built-in to be photographed.
Here, Al-Atlas 101 (the same train as on the previous photo, which one can easily overtake) is crossing a side arm of the Idriss I reservoir (visible in the background), hauled by DH 420. The loco is of American origin (EMD NGT26CW-3) but built by TŽV Gredelj in Croatia. The reservoir is normally full of water, but an extended drought has laid bare the small old railway bridge visible between two pillars of the new one. Ouled Ayad, 06-01-2023.