The "train du Désert" arrived early in the morning, still in dark, the station of Ben Amira, after a 259 kilometer night journey for the swiss SERVRAIL group from Zouérat. Now it is slowly getti... (more)

The "Train du Désert" in the middle of nowhere of the Mauritanian desert, on the today about 6 hours journey from Ben Amira (PK 393) to Boulenouar (PK 96). Behind the GPL-15T BB # 207 i... (more)

The "Train du Désert" stopped in the middle of nowhere of the Mauritanian desert, on the today about 6 hours journey from Ben Amira (PK 393) to Boulenouar (PK 96). From the kitchen in t... (more)

As morning dawns in the Mauritanian desert in Boulenouar at PK 95 at 07.18 AM, there is fog on the ground. The work train with new concrete ties and the GPL-15T CC # 210, which had arrived from No... (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.

The "Train du Désert" with GPL-15T BB # 207 stands in the stub track of the Boulenouar station on PK 96 of the 650 kilometer long railway line from Nouadhibou to Zouérate. It will depa... (more)

The Train du Désert stopped in the middle of the Mauritanian Sahara desert near kilometer 517, between Choum and Tuadschil, so that some of the guests of the SERVRAIL group could change in the dr... (more)

The “Train du Désert” with the Swiss tour group from Servrail arrived in Ben Amira early in the morning, still in the dark, after traveling through the night from Zouérate. At 07.15 AM, the ... (more)

GPL-15T locomotive BB # 204 of the SNIM parked in Choum.

The Mauritanian "Train du Désert" (Desert train) with locomotive GPL-15T BB # 207 is ready for departure in Choum to Zouérate, a distance of 190 kilometers, for the swiss group of Serv... (more)

In Mauritania, all locomotives in use are equipped with hydraulically operated, lowerable sand plows, which are attached to the bogie and are located behind the permanently mounted normal plows. H... (more)

On this day, Mauritania's “Train du Désert” set off for the first time with a foreign tour group (Servrail from Switzerland) from Ben Amira (PK 393) westwards to the port of Nouadhibou, runni... (more)

Driver of the "Train du Désert" on the GPL-15T BB # 207 of the SNIM on the journey from Choum to Zouérate. The inscriptions on the driver's desk are in French. The velocity is mostly a... (more)

On this day, Mauritania's “Train du Désert” set off for the first time with a foreign tour group (Servrail from Switzerland) from Ben Amira (PK 393) westwards to the port of Nouadhibou, runni... (more)

Arrival of a work train loaded with new concrete ties from Nouadhibou in Boulenouar (PK 96) in the evening. The SNIM has a own tie production work in Nouadhibou. The train was parked overnight and... (more)