Mauritania

Please visit the new pictures on Mauritania - sanddunes, longforgotten camels and nice sunsets...


In the end of December 2001 Henrike and I visited Mauritania (Africa) to see
the heaviest and longest freight trains in the world under the most severe desert conditions.


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SNIM CC04 + ex-FNM doubledeck motorcar + ex-NMBS I3 coach at Choum (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

SNIM CC04 at Choum (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

SNIM ex-FNM doubledeck motorcar at Choum (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

SNIM ex-FNM doubledeck motorcar interior at Choum (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

SNIM CC 113 + CC 114 + mineral train (Zouérate - Nouadhibou) between Choum and Touajil (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

SNIM CC 113 + CC 114 + mineral train (Zouérate - Nouadhibou) between Choum and Touajil (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

SNIM CC04 + ex-FNM doubledeck motorcar + ex-NMBS I3 coach between Choum and Touajil (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

Mauritanian train driver's view out of SNIM CC 04 between Choum and Touajil (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

SNIM CC04 + ex-FNM doubledeck motorcar + ex-NMBS I3 coach between Choum and Touajil (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

SNIM CC04 + ex-FNM doubledeck motorcar + ex-NMBS I3 coach at Touajil (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

SNIM CC04 + ex-FNM doubledeck motorcar + ex-NMBS I3 coach at Touajil (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

SNIM GM CC 114 + GM CC 104 + Alsthom CC 12 + empty mineraltrain from Nouadhibou to Zouérate in Ben Amira (Mauritania) on 24 December 2001

SNIM CC 111 + CC 103 + CC 102 + empty mineral train (Nouadhibou - Zouérate) at Ben Amira (Mauritania) on 25 December 2001

SNIM CC 04 at Ben Amira (Mauritania) on 25 December 2001

SNIM CC04 + ex-NMBS I3 coach + ex-FNM doubledeck motorcar at Ben Amira (Mauritania) on 25 December 2001

SNIM ex-FNM doubledeck motorcar at Ben Amira (Mauritania) on 25 December 2001

SNIM track in poor condition at Ben Amira (Mauritania) on 25 December 2001

SNIM CC04 + ex-FNM doubledeck motorcar + ex-NMBS I3 coach (Ben Amira - Choum) at Ben Amira (Mauritania) on 25 December 2001

SNIM CC 13 + local delivery freight (Nouadhibou - Choum) at Choum (Mauritania) on 25 December 2001

local motor waggon for sand removal from the rail track at Choum (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

SNIM CC 113 + CC 114 + mineral train (Zouérate - Nouadhibou) between Choum and Touajil (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001

SNIM CC 113 + CC 114 + mineral train (Zouérate - Nouadhibou) between Choum and Touajil (Mauritania) on 22 December 2001


We -of course- also made non-train pictures:

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salty river bank at a dry river near Atar on 21 December 2001

ancient drawings near Atar on 21 December 2001

tea time near Atar on 22 December 2001

once upon a time there was a camel... near Atar on 22 December 2001


If you really got excited seing the Mauritanian train pictures, you can get closer to the subject yourself by asking two of the best travel agencies which hire trains in Mauritania for their programmes:
  • Point-Afrique: the French travel agency which organizes train trips in Mauritania (which was our excellent travel agency);
  • Transnico: international travel agency for train enthusiasts travelling to and in Mauritania. The next trip will take place from 22 February till 6 March 2002.

    For more information about SNIM and Mauritania you can visit the SNIM website.