Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway CF7 2500 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as ATSF F7A 343L (one of the railway's freight F-Units) in April 1953. As the 1960s were ending, Sa... (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.

When the approximately 650 kilometer long line from the port of Nouadhibou to the ore mine near Zouérate was built in Mauritania between 1960 and 1963, MIFERMA (Société anonyme des Mines de fer... (more)

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)

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.

When I walked into the Railway Service Contractors facility in Kansas City, Kansas, the last thing I expected to see was the Alco FA2 Western Maryland 303. I had last seen this engine in Barton, M... (more)

When the approximately 650 kilometer long line from the port of Nouadhibou to the ore mine near Zouérate was built in Mauritania between 1960 and 1963, MIFERMA (Société anonyme des Mines de fer... (more)

SLR's 125th Anniversary-painted SD70MAC 4022 is leading train 520 as it enter in Southwark yard. The crew will take some cars in the service track, then go back to Richmond.

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)

APA 800 in fresh throw back paint at Holbrook, AZ.

When the 650 kilometer long railroad line was built in Mauritania between 1960 and 1963 to develop the iron ore mine near Zouérate, a total of 21 six-axle diesel locomotives were procured from Al... (more)

It is little known that for the railroad line in Mauritania from the port of Nouadhibou to the ore mining area near Zouérate, which was built between 1960 and 1963, in addition to the large CC ma... (more)

It is little known that for the railroad line in Mauritania from the port of Nouadhibou to the ore mining area near Zouérate, which was built between 1960 and 1963, in addition to the large CC ma... (more)

When the 650 kilometer long railroad line was built in Mauritania between 1960 and 1963 to develop the iron ore mine near Zouérate, a total of 21 six-axle diesel locomotives were procured from Al... (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)