The SDL40-2 CC # 114, standing in front of the SNIM workshop in Nouadhibou, was built in 1993 in the third order of 6 locs. The SDL40-2 are an about 10 ton lighter version of the SDL40-2, with mov... (more)

The GPL-15T BB # 204 of the SNIM, built by EMD and Super Steel in Glenville, New York, in 2004, pulls a short ballast train south of Nouadhibou.

In front of the SNIM workshop in Nouadhibou we can see american built diesel power from left to right: GPL-15T BB # 203, BB # 201, SD70ACS CC # 124, GPL-15T BB # 207, SDL40-2 CC # 110.

The full or empty ore trains in Mauritania have always been used free of charge by the locals. In recent years, a trend has emerged whereby the trains are increasingly being used by adventurers fr... (more)

Dromedaries and an about two kilometer long loaded ore train, called "mineralier", near Nouadhibou. Pulling are the SDL40-2 # 109, 103 and 117 in multiple control.

SDL40-2 locomotive CC # 119 of the SNIM in the workshop of Nouadhibou.

In front of the large SNIM workshop in Nouadhibou are the SDL40-2 CC # 114, # 110 and # 101. # 101 was the first american locomotive in Mauritania in 1981, before there were used locomotives of th... (more)

After the journey from Boulenouar (PK 96), the “Train du Désert” arrived in Nouadhibou and was shunted onto the site of the SNIM's main workshop. In the foreground is the double-decker “sal... (more)

Loaded ore train from Zouérate/F'derîk to the port of Nouadhibou only minutes from destination, following another loaded train in less then 1 hour distance. Locomotives SDL40-2 CC # 118, SD70ACS... (more)

Loaded ore train M4 from Zouérate/F'derîk to the port of Nouadhibou only minutes from destination, pulled by a SDL40-2 consist of CC # 109, # 103 and # 117. The locomotives # 101 to # 110, built... (more)

SNIM's central workshop in Nouadhibou for the maintenance, overhaul and repair of locomotives and freight and passenger cars. On the more than 700-kilometre route through the Mauritanian desert, i... (more)

SNIM's central workshop in Nouadhibou for the maintenance, overhaul and repair of locomotives and freight and passenger cars. On the more than 700-kilometre route through the Mauritanian desert, i... (more)

The loaded ore train M4 of about 2 kilometer length from Zouérate/Fderîck to Nouadhibou is only a few minutes from destination. Pulling are SDL40-2 CC # 109, # 103 and # 117 (built between 1981... (more)

Live load on a flat wagon of the loaded ore train from Zouérate/Fderîck to Nouadhibou. The 8 dromedaries are only a few minutes away from their destination after a journey of 15 to 18 hours.