Two types of transport wagon are used on the ore transport railroad in Mauritania. The older one on the left, which is predominant, has a load weight of 84 tons and a total weight of 104 tons, wit... (more)
An old DM&IR ore car build date 1952 vs. a new DM&IR ore car build date 07/ 2009.
Link and pin couplers in 2008! Palmetto Brick's 3' gauge operation in Wallace, South Carolina, still features these "old school" couplers, even though the equipment is now roller bearing equipped... (more)
700 ore cars were sent to AZCON scrap yard in Spring of '04. 29373 heads the last of the line.
DMIR ore dock crew in action as a string of ore jennies arrives to be unloaded.
