In front of Africa's largest monolith, the 633 meter a.s.l. Ben Amira, which rises about 430 meter above the desert, the empty ore train "V5" (vide train # 5) from Nouadhibou to Zouérat... (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)

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.

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)

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)

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.

The SDL40-2 CC # 114 built by EMD in 1993 pulls the about 2 kilometer long empty ore train of the SNIM (Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière) from Nouadhibou to Zouérate at line kilometer... (more)

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)

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)

Through the Mauritanian desert, about 10 kilometers east of the Ben Amira monolith, a two to 2.5 kilometer long loaded iron ore train approaches from Zouérate/F'derîk to the port of Nouadhibou a... (more)

SDL40-2 locomotive CC # 107 of the SNIM in shunting duty at F'derîk.

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