"Making Tracks on the Blue," in TEM #15 presented a network of tracks for Egypt and Libya in Western Desert. This installment stretches the track system across the rest of Africa - maps 24 and 25 of Torch.

The French had occupied Algiers since 1854. Almost a century later, construction by the colonial administration had developed an extensive transportation system. By the outbreak of World War II, the road net around the major ports of Algeria and Morocco approached that of parts of Europe. In the interior ran the old caravan tracks and trade routes, ubiquitous in the North African desert. The transportation system shown on Maps 24 and 25 probably underestimates the capacity of the French North African road net.

The transportation lines on the Torch maps mark only railroads. The "roads" shown are actually low capacity rail lines. With this in mind, some of the tracks presented possibly deserve full road status. These are marked in the table below with an (R). The routes which probably should only give track benefits are marked with a M.

With the exception of a few tracks in Tunisia, these extra roads have little effect on play of Torch, but who can predict what might happen in Grand Europa?

Draw your tracks in pencil. It is always possible that some more accurate information will appear in the future.

Map 24
0125-0224 (R)
0128-0327-0427-0527-Marrakech (R)
0132-0430-0428-Marrakech (R)
0324-0323-0522-0521-0620-0619-0720-Casablanca (R)
0522-0527 (T)
Marrakech-0828-0829-0930 (R)
Marrakech-0826-0825-0925-1025-1722-1721-2019-Fes (R)
0930-1030-1130-1230-1429-1530-1729-1829-2028-2022-1721 (T)
Rabat-1619-Meknes (R)
Meknes- 1819-1920 (R)
Port Lyautey-1416-1715-1815 (R)
Melilla-3015-Oujda (R)
1323-1423 (R)
1814-1915-1917-2017-Fes (T)
2024-2721-2720-2919 (T)
2028-2129-2131-1832-1732-1433-1434-1335 (T)
2131-2231-2232 (T)
2129-2228-2429-2728-2828-3027 (T)
3031-3034 (T)
3227-3428-3429 (T)
Tlemcen-3721-3821-3822-4023 (T)
Sidi bel Abbes-4117-4316-4317-4618-Tiaret-5116 (R)
3927-4424-4423-4622-4723-5121 (T)
4221-4523 (T)
Mostagnem-4512-4612-4911-4913 (R)
4817-4818-5019-5021 (T)
4912-5011-5112 (R)

Map 25
(from 24:5011) 0112-0311-0411 (R)
(from 24:5016) 0116-0113 (R)
(from 24:5021) 0121-0220-0321-0323-0423-0424-0927-0928-1028-1031-1132-1135 (T)
Alger-0411 (R)
Djelfa-0621-0422-0423 (R)
0711-0811-0812-1013-1014-1115-1116 (R)
1116-1117-1720-Biskra (T)
1132-1231-1533 (T)
1611-1612-1713-Setif (R)
Ouargla-1433-1434 (T)
1822-1923-2022-2023-2224-2225-2326-2327-2427-2428-2529-2530-2630-2631-2732-2735 (T)
Touggourt-2027-2425-2424-2623-2724-2823 (T)
Souk Ahras-2714-2614-2715-2716 (R)
2913-2914-3014-3015-3216-3217 (T)
2916-3016-3017 (T)
2917-3016 (T)
Tebessa-2819-2920 (T)
3010-3011-3112 (T)
3110-3210-Beja (T)
3114-3415-3416-3517 (T)
3122-3222-3322-Gabes (R)
3322-3421-3622 (T)
3318-3519-3618-Sfax (T)
3409-3510-3610 (T)
3410-3510 (T)
3410-3411 (T)
3418-3421 (T)
3512-3713-3913-3911-4010 (R)
3624-3625-Mareth-3726-Medenine-3827-3928-
3929 (T)
3712-3812 (T)
3624-3525 (T)
Tunis-3912 (T)