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)
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)
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)
