The mauritanian iron ore railway passes Africa's largest monolith Ben Amira, which is 540 meter a.s.l. or rises about 370 meter above the desert. The about 2 kilometer long loaded iron ore train M... (more)
Both empty and loaded ore trains on the 652-kilometer route in Mauritania usually also carry other wagons, usually at the front or rear of the train. Here we see the loaded delayed train “M6” ... (more)
About 10 kilometers (7 miles) east of the village of Ben Amira there is a small rocky hill from where the long trains of the Mauritanian ore railway line can be observed well, while otherwise the ... (more)
The SDL40-2 CC # 118 built by EMD in 1997 pulls the about 2 kilometer long loaded ore train M6 of the SNIM (Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière) from Zouérate to the port of Nouadhibou a... (more)
Northeast of Africa's largest monolith Ben Amira, there are several minor mountains in the Mauritania desert, about 9 kilometer north of the railway track. The about 2 kilometer long loaded iron o... (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)
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)
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)
