Loaded ore train from Zouérate/F'der?k 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)
Live load on a flat wagon of the loaded ore train from Zouérate/Fder?ck to Nouadhibou. The 8 dromedaries are only a few minutes away from their destination after a journey of 15 to 18 hours.
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)
IC 6252 leads Ore loads around the corner at Munger MN. The bridge in the background is CN’s former DW&P Rainy Subdivision crossing the DM&IR Missabe Subdivision.
IC SD40-3 6252 leads ore loads north past a remaining DMIR searchlight at Fayal, just east of the DWP diamond at Ramshaw. As of September of 2019, C40-8s now rule the ore trains on the Two Harbors... (more)