French Morocco The French protectorate in Morocco (french: Protectorat français au Maroc; ar, الحماية الفرنسية في المغرب), also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco between 1912 to 1956. The prote ...

had from 1912 to 1935 one of the largest gauge network in Africa with a total length of more than . After the treaty of Algeciras where the representatives of Great Powers agreed not to build any standard-gauge railway in Morocco until the standard-gauge

Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...

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Fes Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...

railway being completed, the French begun to build military gauge lines in their part of Morocco

. The 948 km

Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

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Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

–

Kenitra Kenitra ( ar, القُنَيْطَرَة, , , ; ber, ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ, Qniṭra; french: Kénitra) is a city in north western Morocco, formerly known as Port Lyautey from 1932 to 1956. It is a port on the Sebou River, Sebou river, has a popul ...

–

Oujda Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of about 558,000 people. It ...

line became known as Chemins de fer stratégiques du Maroc and the branch lines diverting from the line as Chemins de fer de pénétration du Maroc. These lines were mostly built during the period of 1921–1925, With the exception of

Guercif Guercif (Berber: Gersif, ⴳⴻⵔⵙⵉⴼ; Arabic: ڭرسيف) is a town and municipality in Guercif Province, Oriental, Morocco. It is the province's capital. According to the 2014 census the municipality had a population of 90,880 people living ...

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Outat Oulad el Hadj Outat El Haj ( ary, أوطاط الحاج ''uṭaṭ l-ḥažž'') is a town in Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès, Morocco. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 13,945. The population consists primarily of Berber tribes from the villa ...

–

Midelt Midelt (Berber language: ⵎⵉⴷⴻⵍⵜ, Arabic: ميدلت) is a town in Morocco, in the high plains between the Middle Atlas and High Atlas mountain ranges. With a population of 55,304 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census, Midelt serves as t ...

, which was started in 1916 and completed in 1920.

Casablanca–Boussekoura–Berrechid line

The first French-built narrow-gauge railway was the

– Bouskoura–

Berrechid Berrechid ( ar, برشيد, ber, ⴱⴰⵔⵛⵉⴷ, baršid) is a town and municipality in Berrechid Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. It recorded a population of 136,634 inhabitants in the 2014 Moroccan census. At the time of ...

line, built with portable railway track from Decauville, which also delivered the

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to the line. Construction started in May 1908 and the 52 km line was completed in late July 1908. The trains reached a maximum speed of 20 km/h averaging only 12 km/h between

and

. The locomotives which worked the 500 mm gauge line have not been yet been fully identified. Sources claim: * 3 Decauville, / , Bt-n2, built in 1905, delivered new to Touzet,

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. * 3 Decauville, / , B1t-n2, built in 1907, delivered to Raguet et Heurtematte, Paris.

Chemins de fer stratégiques du Maroc

Casablanca–Marrakech

This gauge line had a short life. It was completed around 1920, activities ceased in 1928.

Casablanca–Boussekoura–Berrechid

This line formed the northern part of the

–

narrow-gauge line. In 1913 the French regauged the

–

section from to

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and was opened to public service in March 1916.

Berrechid–Dar Caïd Tounsi

The

–

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(junction) section was completed in 1915 ( 109 km south of

Dar Caïd Tounsi–Marrakech

The

Ben Guerir Ben Guerir ( ar, بن ڭرير, ber, ⴱⴻⵏ ⴳⵔⵉⵔ, Ben Grir) is a university town and military town that serves as the capital of Rehamna Province in central Morocco, in the Marrakesh-Safi region. it hosts Mohammed VI Polytechnic Univer ...

section was completed in September 1919. The final section from Ben Guerir to

was opened in September 1920.

Dar Caïd Tounsi–Mazagan branch

Later also a branch line was built running from

, which became a railway junction, to

Mazagan El Jadida (, ; originally known in Berber as Maziɣen or Mazighen; known in Portuguese as Mazagão) is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, located 96 km south of the city of Casablanca, in the province of El Jadida and the r ...

(Harbour). This line was opened in early 1928.

Casablanca–Kenitra–Fes

The French started also to build gauge railway north of

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

89 km and

Port Lyautey Kenitra ( ar, القُنَيْطَرَة, , , ; ber, ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ, Qniṭra; french: Kénitra) is a city in north western Morocco, formerly known as Port Lyautey from 1932 to 1956. It is a port on the Sebou river, has a population in 201 ...

-now

- 128 km was reached in 1913. The opening dates of this line were: *

–

Fedala Mohammedia ( ar, المحمدية, al-muḥammadiyya; ber, ⴼⴹⴰⵍⴰ, Fḍala), known until 1960 as Fedala, is a port city on the west coast of Morocco between Casablanca and Rabat in the region of Casablanca-Settat. It hosts the most impo ...

, March 1912, narrow gauge closed in April 1925. *

–

, December 1912, narrow gauge closed in April 1925. *

–

, April 1913, narrow gauge closed in April 1923. *

–

Meknes Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th c ...

, June 1914, narrow gauge closed in May 1923. *

–

, July 1915, narrow gauge closed in September 1923.

Oujda–Fes

(Port Lyautey) the "main line" turned towards east, the main target for the French military was a rail connection with their Algerian Railways at

, where the French military had built from the Algerian side an 87 km gauge line from

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via Marnia. This Chemin de Fer de Marnia a Taourirt was completed by 1911. The 364 km line from Oujda to Fes was difficult to build. The railway had to go over a narrow passage between the Rif mountains in the north and the

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in the south. The railway line had to be built with steep gradients and sharp curves to reach – from both sides – the Touahar Pass. East of

the narrow-gauge line followed the route

–

Sidi Abdallah Sidi Abdallah is a small town and rural commune in Rehamna Province of the Marrakesh-Safi region of Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlook ...

– Col de Touahar– Bab Marzouka–

Taza Taza ( ber, ⵜⴰⵣⴰ, ar, تازة) is a city in northern Morocco occupying the corridor between the Rif mountains and Middle Atlas mountains, about 120 km east of Fez and 150 km west of Al hoceima. It recorded a population of 148 ...

– Kasba Msoun–

(with branch to

)–

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– Taourirt– El Aioun– Naima–

. Construction started simultaneously from both

and

. When the gauge line was completed, it was then possible to travel by train from

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and

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over the standard-gauge Chemins de fer l´Ouest Algerien The French source gives opening dates for sections of

–

line: *

– El Aioun, December 1912, narrow gauge closed in January 1932. * El Aioun– Taourirt, April 1913, narrow gauge closed in January 1932. * Taourirt–

, August 1913, narrow gauge closed in January 1932. *

–

, July 1915, narrow gauge closed in May 1933. *

– Col de Touahar, July 1918, narrow gauge closed in May 1933. * Col de Touahar–

, May 1918, narrow gauge closed in April 1934. *

–

, July 1921, narrow gauge closed in April 1934.

Chemins de Fer de Penetration du Maroc

Berrechid–Oued Zem line

During

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the French built also a gauge line from

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. This

–

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line was put to service in 1916 (narrow gauge closed in August 1923) and the

–

opened in August 1917 (narrow gauge closed in July 1925). It was intended to continue the line from

44 km to

Kasbah Tadla Kasba Tadla ( ar, قصبة تادلة, Qaṣba Tadla; Berber: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ) is a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 200 ,898. The highest temperature ev ...

but this never materialised.

Dar Caid Tounssi–El Jadida

As mentioned earlier, one penetration line from

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(Magazan) was built from the

–

line. This branch line, opened in early 1928 gave the shortest possible outlet to the Atlantic Ocean from

. But at

the port facilities were poor and primitive. When the standard-gauge railway from Machraa Ben Abbou to

was opened in July 1928 the narrow-gauge line between

and

was closed. But its northern part, the

–

line, where the new standard gauge line runs parallel with the ) long narrow-gauge

–

line, remained open until the new long standard-gauge line from

to Safi was opened on 7 May 1936.Haj Abdelmajid Nejdi
''L’introduction de la voie ferrée à Doukkala.''
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Rabat–Tiflet–Khemisset

The next penetration line was the 95 km

–

Tiflet Tifelt ( Berber: Tifelt, ⵜⵉⴼⴻⵍⵜ, erroneously rendered as ''Tiflet'' in French; Arabic: تيفلت) is a town in northwestern Morocco, west of Khemisset and east of Rabat. Tifelt is in a region of Morocco that is rich with ancient his ...

–

Khemisset Khemisset (Amazigh language: Zemmur, ar, الخميسات) is an Amazigh town in northern Morocco with a population of 131,542 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is situated on the A2 motorway between Rabat (81 km) and Meknès (57&nbs ...

gauge line running east of

. This line had only a local importance but it made it possible to move the local products as well as the inhabitants in the morning train of the provincial capital to

and their return during the same evening. In addition a short branch line near Rabat was built from Bir–Tam–Tam to just built Abermoumou military garrison. This branch was completed in 1925. There were in the early 1920s many local resistance against the French colonial administration in Morocco. Especially in the north, where Rif Cabyles rebels under leadership of Abd El-Krim, who did not recognise the Sultan's position as ruler of all Morocco and demanded an independent state for Cabyles. This led to open revolt in 1925–1926 against the French and

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. By the time there were 325.000 French soldiers trying to pacify the Rif unrest and revolts in the French Zone of Morocco.

delayed the construction of the standard-gauge Chemin de Fer de Tanger a Fes. This, and the unrest in Rif area made the French to build a gauge railways.

Kenitra–Mechra Bel Ksiri–Ain Dfali–Aïn Aïcha

In 1922 first a railway line was built from

(Port Lyautey) to

Mechra Bel Ksiri Mechra Bel Ksiri ( ar, مشرع بلقصيري) is a town in Sidi Kacem Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It ove ...

on the proposed

Tanger Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...

–

Railway. This line was opened to traffic in 1923. With this narrow-gauge railway the French transferred troops and supplies during the Rif rebellion. In addition, after World War I the French extended the gauge narrow-gauge railway into the heart of Rif region, from

Ain Dfali Ain Défali is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Kacem Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the ...

(junction). The line was further extended to Maarif and Aïn Aïcha. The whole railway was closed by 1935, but its remnants were still visible in the 1950s.

Branch line Ain Dfali–Ouezzane

the branch line was built via Dar Echchaouia to the city of

Ouezzane Ouazzane (also Ouezzane) ( Berber: ⵡⴰⵣⵣⴰⵏ, ar, وزان) is a town in northern Morocco, with a population of 59,606 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census. The city is well known in Morocco and throughout the Islamic world as a spirit ...

was opened in 1924 and

– Aïn Aïcha next year in 1925.

Chemin de Fer Guercif a Outat el Hadj et Midelt

Perhaps the most famous and "mysterious" of the gauge narrow-gauge railways in

was the Chemin de Fer Guercif an Outat el Hadj et Midelt. It started from

–

line and ran south-west along the

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valley near the east bank of the river course. The whole railway line was:

– Meski– Fritissa– Tissaf–

. This section was completed and opened for military service during World War I in 1918. The

–

Missour Missour (Amazigh: Misur, ⵎⵉⵙⵓⵔ; ar, ميسور) is a town in Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès, Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It ov ...

–

Metlili Metlili ( ar, متليلي) (also known as Metlili ) is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune, and capital of Métlili District, in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 40,576, up from 33,759 in 1998, a ...

–

was completed in 1920. The total length of the line was 280 km, 33 km longer than

–

main line. There are several photographs showing trains and locomotives at

railway station during the 1920s, and one official photograph with title " Midelt Gare " from 1920. There were three limestone quarries around

and later branch lines were built to the quarries, but little is known them because the whole line was closed by the end of 1935. ( One other source give the closing date 05.07.1936.) This line served many

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Forts. There were also many colonial troops from

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, mainly from

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. Many of the soldiers had taken their wives with them to Morocco and they settled to station settlements along this railway line such as

and

. The trains were packed with French officers, Foreign Legioners, Senegalese soldiers and their women, local tradesmen, even some " blue men ", the Tuaregs, French business men from

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and

and French administrative personnel. Really a cosmopolitan society of travellers, really unique in railway world of narrow-gauge lines. When the line was opened in 1920 the

railway station was still 12 km away from

in an empty valley without any settlement around it. Only later it was extended near to old town of

Gallery

Image:2-span rail bridge Midelt.jpg, 2-span bridge abutments near Midelt, with embankments totally washed away. 31-10-08 Image:Steel joists of rail bridge Midelt.jpg, The remaining steel joists and abutments
of a bridge near
Midelt on the former
gauge railway. Image:Rail bridge into El Ahouli mines.jpg, A rail bridge over the Oued Mouloula river, connecting mine entrances on opposite sides of the narrow valley at El Ahouli, to a discharge point.
4-11-08 Image:Incline El Ahouli mines.jpg, One of several former incline railways at El Ahouli silver-lead mines near Midelt, Morocco.
4-11-08 Image:Rail bridge El Ahouli.jpg, A bridge across the Oued Mouloula river on the former outlet tramway at El Ahouli silver-lead mines near Midelt, Morocco.
4-11-08 Image:Tunnel El Ahouli Mines.jpg, A short tunnel on the outlet tramway along the bank of the river at El Ahouli silver-lead mines near Midelt, Morocco.
4-11-08

Others

Casablanca–Dar Bouazza

To provide better travelling facilities for local population in Casablanca area the French Gouvernement Cherifien helped to build a new gauge line from

(Port) along the Atlantic coast to

Dar Bouazza Dar Bouazza ( ar, دار بو عزة, dār bū ʿazza, lit=house of the father of Azza, ber, ⴱⵓⵄⴰⵣⴰ, buɛaza) is a municipality in Nouaceur Province, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco. It is a rapidly growing suburb of Casablanca located ab ...

and turn toward at Bou Haj el Mehdi to

Foucauld Charles Eugène de Foucauld de Pontbriand, Viscount of Foucauld (15 September 1858 – 1 December 1916) was a French soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnographer, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in A ...

. This local line was opened in 1923 and it served at least up to 1953. In Casablanca the section from Boulevard d´Anfa to Casablanca railway station was replaced by a

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line.

Agadir to Auone

Finally, there was in Morocco a little-known, totally isolated short 12 km narrow-gauge line from Agadir to Auone. It was built after the Agadir Incident to strengthen the French military presence in Agadir. Nothing else is known of it. Remnants were still visible in the 1960s.

Locomotives delivered to French Morocco for 600 mm gauge lines

Baldwin * 5

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, , 2Ct-n2, built 1915, French Government f. Morocco No 101–106 * 20 Baldwin, , B-Bt-n4 type Pechot–Bourdon, built 1915–1916, French Army ( via Algeria ) * 5 Baldwin, , 2Ct-n2, built 1916, French Government f. Morocco No 107–111 * 5 Baldwin, , 2Ct-n2, built 1919, French High Commissar, Morocco No 112–116 * X Baldwin, , B-gasoline mechanical , built 1917–1918, used mainly on Guercif–Midelt 280 km line. Borsig * 1 Borsig, , Ct-n2, built 1910, Soc. Anon.d.Ateliers de Constr. de Hal f. Casablanca, Maroc * 1 Borsig, , Ct-n2, built 1912, Soc. Anon.d.ateliers de Constr. de Hal f. Casablanca, Maroc Crochat * 5 Crochat, , 1915? BB type 14L60 (DL), built 1915, Comp. des Ch. de. fer. du Maroc Oriental Decauville * 2 Decauville, , C1t-n2, built 1910–1911, Perchot, Casablanca, Maroc * 1 Decauville, , C1t-n2, built 1912, Consortium Marocain, Rabat * 4 Decauville, , Ct-n2, built 1912, Ecole de Ch. de F. f. Ch. de Fer Militaires du Maroc * 1 Decauville, , Ct-n2, built 1914, Gouvernement Cherifien, Maroc f. * 1 Decauville, , Ct-n2, built 1917, Ecole de Ch. de F. f. Ch. de Fer Militaires du Maroc * 6 Decauville, , Ct-n2, built 1915–1920, Ecole de Ch. de F. f. Ch. de Fer du Maroc Oriental * 3 Decauville, , C´C-n4, built 1914–1916, Ecole de Ch. de F. f. Marnia–Taourirt, Maroc * 27 Decauville, , C´C-n4, built 1917–1922, Ecole de Chemins de Fer f. Maroc No 6012–6017 * 8 Decauville, , 1C+C1-h4, built 1927–1928, Regie des Ch. de Fer f. Guercif–Midelt * 1 Decauville, , 1C+C1-n4, built 1927, Regie des Ch. de Fer f. Guercif–Midelt Jung * 3

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, , Bt-n2, built 1911–1912 Consortium Marocain * 1 Jung, , Bt-n2, built 1912, Leipziger & Co, f. Morocco Orenstein & Koppel * 1

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, , Bt-n2, built 1909, Massanet, Marokko * 2 Orenstein & Koppel, , Bt-n2, built 1913, Casablanca, Marokko * 2 Orenstein & Koppel, , Ct-n2, built 1913, Schneider & Co, f. Marokko * 1 Orenstein & Koppel, , Ct-n2, built 1913, Schneider & Co, f. Marokko * 2 Orenstein & Koppel, , Ct-n2, built 1914, Perchot, Marokko f. CF Militaires Schwartzkopff * Schwartzkopff, , 1C+C1 petroleo–electrique

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, built 1931 Regie des. Chemins de Fer No 7000 Societe Alsacienne * 12 Societe Alsacienne, , Et-n2, built 1921, C.F. Maroc Weidknecht * 5 Weidknecht, , 2Ct-n2, built 1912, C.F. Casablanca–Rabat * 5 Weidknecht, , 2Ct-n2, built 1912, C.F. Marnia–Taourirt * 19 Weidknecht, , 2Ct-n2, built 1913, Ch. de F. Militaires du Maroc

References

*Pascal Bejou & Lue Raynard & Jean Pierre Verges Larrouy: Les Chemins de Fer de la France d´Outre Mer. Volume 2 L´Afrique du Nord / Le Transsaharien *E.D.Brant: Railways in North Africa *A.E.Durrant, A.A.Jorgensen, C.P.Lewis: Steam in Africa *Klaus Fricks, Roland Bude, Martin Murray: O&K Steam Locomotives Works List 1892–1945 *Bernhard Schmeiser: Krauss-Lokomotiven *Unpublished locomotive builder lists ( mostly originally compiled by Dr. Ing. Bernhard Schmeiser, and added with later obtained supplementary information ): *American Locomotive Company ( ALCo ) Works List ( Harward Business School copy 1948 ) *Anjubault / Corpet Louvet Works List *Baldwin Works List ( copy 1833–1956 compiled from original Baldwin order list ) *Batignolles Châtillon, Nantes, St. Joseph Works List *Borsig Works List *A.Cail Works List *Carels Works List *Chrzanów Works List *Couillet Works List *Decauville Works List *Elsässische Maschinen-bau Ges. / Societe Alsacienne de Construction Mecaniques Belfort, Graffenstaden, Mulhouse Works List *Esslingen Works List *Falcon Works List *Fives Lille Works List *Gouin / Batignolles Works List *Henschel Works List *Jung Works List *Kerr Stuart & Co, LD Works List by Frank Jux 1991 *J.A.Maffei Works List *La Meuse Works List *Etablissement A. Pinguely Works List *Schneider & Cie, Le Creusot Works List *Schwartzkopff ( BMAG ) Works List *Tubize Works List *Weidknecht et Compagnie Works List *Several articles published in several railway magazines.

External links

Morocco Military Railways illustrated
{{reflist History of rail transport in Morocco 600 mm gauge railways in Morocco 500 mm gauge railways in Morocco