A train around two kilometers long takes a few minutes to pass by.

After several days of traveling through Mauritania, the group from Switzerland met the railroad for the first time at noon that day in Choum. A few minutes later, the empty ore train V5 from Nouad... (more)

Empty ore train "V5" including some loaded water tankers running through Ben Amira at PK 394 of the 652 kilometer long single track railroad from Nouadhibou on the Atlantic coast to the mine area ... (more)

The evening before at about 6 PM or so, the empty ore train "V5" began its 652-klometer long journey from Nouadhibou on the Atlantic coast to the ore mines around Zouérate. The about 2 ... (more)

About 3 kilometers north of the railroad line through the Mauritanian desert lies the largest monolith in Africa, Ben Amira, the second largest in the world. Its height is given as 633 meters, but... (more)

The empty ore train V5, about 2 kilometers long, slowly moves away in the direction of Choum. Above the train lies a cloud of diesel exhaust fumes, whirled up fine desert sand and dust from iron o... (more)

Roster shot of the SDL40-2 CC # 114 of the SNIM, pulling an empty ore train near Ben Amira. This locomotive was built in a third batch of 6 locomitives (# 111 to 116) in 1993 by EMD in Ontario/Can... (more)

The ore trains in Mauritania also transport other goods, in addition to water, diesel oil, containers in open high-sided wagons, dromedaries on flat wagons, and cars on flat wagons. Here, for exam... (more)

In front of Africa's largest monolith, the about 540 meter a.s.l. Ben Amira, which rises about 370 meter above the desert, the empty ore train "V5" (vide train # 5) from Nouadhibou to Zouérate is... (more)

There is almost no wind in the Mauritanian desert as the about two-kilometre-long empty train from the port of Nouadhibou to the ore mine near Zouérate approaches Pk 404 between Ben Amira and Cho... (more)

Perfect precision landing in Choum. A few minutes after the Servrail tour group from Switzerland arrived in Choum in the minibuses from Atar, the empty iron ore train "V5" approached from the wes... (more)

A typical SNIM locomotive operation on the ore train route between the port of Nouadhibou and the mines in the Zouérate area and vice versa. Two SDL40-2 locomotives are often used together with o... (more)

Train encounter in Choum at PK 459 of the 650 kilometer long SNIM railroad line from Nouadhibou to Zouérate. On the right is the “Desert Train� (“Train du Désert�) with GPL-15T BB # 207,... (more)

Empty ore train "V5" including some loaded water tankers running through Ben Amira at PK 394 of the 650 kilometer long single track railroad from Nouadhibou to Zouérate. Pulling are SDL40-2 locom... (more)

It is very surprising that there are very few photos from Mauritania on Railpictures.net yet, although diesel locomotives from the USA have been in service there for over 40 years. Let's start wit... (more)