Tlemcen Railway Station |
Algerian Rail (SNTF) - western region |
SNTF passenger trail at the Gare de Tlemcen |
Gare de Tlemcen, SNTF |
These old passenger cars were surprisingly comfortable |
Travel by rail in Algeria is very cheap - 215 Algerian Dinars for the 2 1/2 hour trip to Oran |
Departing Tlemcen by rail |
Chetouane, one of the new districts north of Tlemcen |
Immediately to the east of Tlemcen, the train enters an area of beautiful hills |
Oued El-Ourit, site of a beautiful waterfall that I didn't spot from the train |
The mountains overlooking El Ourit, just east of Tlemcen |
The Route National N7, Oued El Ourit |
Pont Eiffel, a railway bridge across El Ourit designed by the famous French engineer, Gustave Eiffel |
Oued El Ourit, Tlemcen National Park |
Oued El Ourit, Tlemcen National Park |
Oued El Ourit, Tlemcen National Park |
Oued El Ourit, Tlemcen National Park |
Emerging on the other side of Wadi El Ourit, the city of Tlemcen comes back into view |
RN7 leaving Tlemcen |
Landscape between Ain Fezza and Chouly |
Landscape between Ain Fezza and Chouly |
Chouly with the N7 bridge |
Chouly |
Tractor in a field of red earth between Chouly and Ouled Mimoun |
Ouled Mimoun |
The little railway station of Ouled Mimoun |
Algerian Railways - rolling stock |
Ouled Mimoun |
Route N7 continues to parallel the course of the railroad eastbound towards Ail Tellout |
Rural Algeria between Ouled Mimoun and Ain Tellout |
Ain Tellout from the famous Pont de Buzor |
Ain Tellout from the famous Pont de Buzor |
Algerian farmland |
Algerian farmland |
Garbage along the tracks, Sidi Bel Abbes |
Freight cars based at Constantine - Sidi Bel Abbes |
Algerian Rail tanker car - Société de Transport des Produits Energetiques |
Sidi Bel Abbes, population 212,000 |
Walled in concrete sports field, Sidi Bel Abbes |
Sidi Bel Abbes - École des Beaux Arts |
Sidi Bel Abbes - Mosque |
Sidi Bel Abbes |
Sidi Bel Abbes |
Sidi Bel Abbes - new construction |
A1 - L'Autoroute de l'Ouest |
A1 - L'Autoroute de l'Ouest |
Dirt road along the tracks |
New highway bridge under construction near Ain El Berd |
The Algerian Autoroute A1 passing through the rural countryside |
Old domed structure with a hole in the roof |
Ain El Berd |
A1 - Autoroute de l'Ouest |
A1 - Autoroute de l'Ouest |
Strange pyramid shaped rock formation at the Zahana Quarry |
Cement Factory - Cimenterie de Zahana |
Cement Factory - Cimenterie de Zahana |
Cement Factory - Cimenterie de Zahana |
The train passes through a horrible area of dust as it passes the cement factory |
Cement Factory - Cimenterie de Zahana |
Zahana |
Grain Silos - Oued Tlelat |
Moulin Habour, Oued Tlelat |
Algerian Rail Car - Société de Transport de Grains |
U.C.A. - Oued Tlelat |
Arrival at Oran Station |
Interior of an Algerian Rail passenger car |
SNTF Algerian Rail passenger car |
SNTF Algerian Rail locomotive (040 WDA 04) |
Gare d'Oran - Railway Station |
Gare d'Oran - Railway Station |
Hotel at Oran Station |
Arrival at Gare d'Oran |
Main Railway Station - Oran |
Gare d'Oran - style néo-mauresque |
Oran Station - neo-moorish style |
Gare d'Oran, 1913 |
Gare d'Oran - Restaurant |
Gare d'Oran |
Gare d'Oran |
Gare d'Oran |
Gare d'Oran |
Gare d'Oran |
Gare d'Oran |
Pedestal for missing French-era statue, Place Gare d'Oran |