RailPictures.Net Photo: BB 207, CC 117, CC 125, CC 113, BB 213 Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM) GPL-15T, SDL40-2, SD70ACS at Choum, Mauritania by Georg Trüb
Train encounter in Choum at PK 459 of the 650 kilometer long SNIM railroad line from Nouadhibou to Zouérate. On the right is the “Desert Train” (“Train du Désert”) with GPL-15T BB # 207, ready to travel to Zouérate with the Swiss group from Servrail. The empty ore train "V5"from Nouadhibou, with full water tank wagons from Boulenouar behind the locomotives, passes through the station. It is pulled by the four locomotives SD40-2 CC # 117, SD70ACS CC # 125, SDL40-2 CC # 113 and the GPL-15T BB # 213.
