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French Morocco had from 1912 to 1935 one of the largest gauge network in Africa with a total length of more than 1700 kilometres.〔Reference - Durrant, A.E., A.A. Jorgensen, C.P. Lewis. Steam in Africa, London, 1981, Hamlyn.〕 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 - Fes Railway being completed, the French begun to build military gauge lines in their part of Morocco French Morocco. The 948 km Marrakech - Casablanca - Kenitra - Fes - Oujda 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 - Outat Oulad el Hadj - Midelt, which was started in 1916 and completed in 1920. == Casablanca - Boussekoura - Berrechid line == The first French-built narrow gauge railway was the Casablanca - Bouskoura - Berrechid line, built with portable railway track from Decauville, which also delivered the rolling stock 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 Casablanca and Berrechid. 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, Senegal. * 3 Decauville, / , B1t-n2, built in 1907, delivered to Raguet et Heurtematte, Paris. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Narrow gauge railways in former French Morocco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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