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 a F'derik.

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)

Perfect precision landing in Choum. A few minutes after the Servrail tour group from Switzerland arrived in Choum in the minibuses from Atar, an empty iron ore train approached from the west on th... (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)

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)

Loaded ore train from Zouérate/F'derîk to the port of Nouadhibou only minutes from destination, pulled by a SDL40-2 consist of CC # 109, # 103 and # 117. The locomotives # 101 to # 110, built in... (more)

A typical SNIM locomotive operation on the ore train route between the port of Nouadhibou and the mines in the Zouérate area and vice versa. Two SDL40-2 locomotives are often used together with o... (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)

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,... (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)

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)

The loaded ore train of about 2 kilometer length from Zouérate/Fderîck to Nouadhibou is only a few minutes from destination. Pulling are SDL40-2 CC # 109, # 103 and # 117 (built between 1981 an... (more)