Agrigento-Palermo Train
Meanwhile, my train for Palermo had arrived. As you can see, modern railcars have spaces for bicycles.
![Agrigento-Palermo Train Agrigento-Palermo Train](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/169451/26384437.791/0_152578_482c33bb_XXXL.jpg)
In anticipation of landing a high-tech looked at the coupler. As I understand it, the device not only connects the cars, but also automatically connects them with pneumatic and electric lines. On Russian Railways, the Autoset is just a massive piece of iron, and communications are connected by specially trained people.
![Train Agrigento-Palermo. Automatic coupling Train Agrigento-Palermo. Automatic coupling](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/167717/26384437.792/0_152579_f79a63d5_XXL.jpg)
Finally, the doors were unlocked, and I got inside the car. The train turned out to be a pass-through, without inter-car passages and vestibules.
![Train Agrigento-Palermo. The interiors of the car Train Agrigento-Palermo. The interiors of the car](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/169451/26384437.791/0_15257a_d3d6fa14_XXXL.jpg)
Comfortable upholstered seats, much wider than in an airplane, headrests with "ears".
![Train Agrigento-Palermo. The interiors of the car Train Agrigento-Palermo. The interiors of the car](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/196161/26384437.792/0_15257c_c144ea4c_XXXL.jpg)
At the window, a folding table with a drawer and a garbage compartment, under it two electric sockets.
![Train Agrigento-Palermo. The interiors of the car Train Agrigento-Palermo. The interiors of the car](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/96333/26384437.792/0_15257e_4d689c6c_XXXL.jpg)
The driver's cab is separated from the passenger compartment by light partitions with glass - apparently, they are not afraid of terrorists.
![Train Agrigento-Palermo. Driver's cab Train Agrigento-Palermo. Driver's cab](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/168237/26384437.791/0_15257b_3c2b3016_XXXL.jpg)
Of course, the cabin equipment is not like an airliner, it is quite in the spirit of the time.
![Train Agrigento-Palermo. Driver's cab Train Agrigento-Palermo. Driver's cab](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/195419/26384437.791/0_15257d_ee4cbb28_XXXL.jpg)
The train was on its way precisely on schedule, and the rolling landscape of northwestern Sicily began to flicker through the window.
![North-Western Sicily. Wheat field North-Western Sicily. Wheat field](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/196534/26384437.792/0_152584_bd349798_XXXL.jpg)
As you know, Sicily was the granary of the Roman Empire, which supplied grain not only to the center, but also to distant provinces.
![North-Western Sicily. Wheat field North-Western Sicily. Wheat field](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/197923/26384437.792/0_152585_95fd554c_XXXL.jpg)
Благодаря климату и фантастическим по плодородности почвам здесь культивируют особые, "сверхтвердые" сорта пшеницы. Сейчас конец октября, урожай давно убран и поля отдыхают.
![North-Western Sicily. Wheat field North-Western Sicily. Wheat field](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/42925/26384437.792/0_152586_180a9574_XXXL.jpg)
Меня поразило то, что распаханы даже довольно крутые склоны холмов, пашни кончаются только у горных скал.
![North-Western Sicily. The Sicani Mountains (Monti Sicani) North-Western Sicily. The Sicani Mountains (Monti Sicani)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/196534/26384437.792/0_152587_8654603a_XXXL.jpg)
Станция Кампофранко, это маленький городок, основанный в 1549 году и имеющий богатые традиции.
![Campofranco Station Campofranco Station](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/197852/26384437.792/0_152588_d85321db_XXXL.jpg)
Слева по ходу поезда виден горный хребет Сиканти (Monti Sikanti) .
![North-Western Sicily. The Sicani Mountains (Monti Sicani) North-Western Sicily. The Sicani Mountains (Monti Sicani)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/25939/26384437.792/0_152589_88f24a4d_XXXL.jpg)
Здесь каменистые почвы и пшеничные поля сменили пастбища.
![North-Western Sicily. The Sicani Mountains (Monti Sicani) North-Western Sicily. The Sicani Mountains (Monti Sicani)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/196486/26384437.792/0_15258a_11743460_XXXL.jpg)
Тем временем небо затянуло тучами и пошел дождь. Кое где видны следы бурных потоков.
![North-Western Sicily. The Sicani Mountains (Monti Sicani) North-Western Sicily. The Sicani Mountains (Monti Sicani)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/198488/26384437.792/0_15258b_24d99b99_XXXL.jpg)
Горные долины Монти Сикани засажены фруктовыми деревьями.
![North-Western Sicily. The Sicani Mountains (Monti Sicani) North-Western Sicily. The Sicani Mountains (Monti Sicani)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/194503/26384437.792/0_15258c_7103d075_XXXL.jpg)
Станция Роккапалумба-Айла (Roccapalumba-Aila), в сотне метров от которой можно увидеть заброшенный микрорайон из нескольким одинаковых четырехэтажных домов. В шестидестые-семидесятые годы здесь разрабатывалось месторождение серы, а эти дома были шахтерским поселком. За поселком видна скала Ла Рокка, в расщелинах которой гнездится множество птиц. Сам городок Роккапалумба находится чуть дальше, за ним высится гора,. вершине которой есть маленькая церковь, и что самое удивительное - любительская обсерватория, построенная по инициативе жителей близлежащей деревеньки Регальджиофоли.
![Abandoned mining village and La Rocca rock) Abandoned mining village and La Rocca rock)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/44085/26384437.792/0_15258d_1b857b3d_XXXL.jpg)
![The Neighborhood Of Palermo The Neighborhood Of Palermo](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/198488/26384437.792/0_15258e_1441df4e_XXXL.jpg)
Closer to the Tyrrhenian sea coast, the area became more densely populated.
![The Neighborhood Of Palermo The Neighborhood Of Palermo](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/101212/26384437.792/0_15258f_730ff70c_XXXL.jpg)
About two hours after leaving Agrigento, the train was already speeding through the outskirts of Palermo.
![The Outskirts Of Palermo The Outskirts Of Palermo](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/176331/26384437.792/0_152590_815376e2_XXXL.jpg)