RailPictures.Net Photo: SNIM BB215 Societe National Industrielle et Miniere EMD GPL15 at Cansado, Mauritania by Tom Hewitt

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» Societe National Industrielle et Miniere (more..)
» EMD GPL15 (more..)

» SNIM Port
» Cansado, Mauritania (more..)
» March 30, 2009

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» SNIM BB215 (more..)
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» Tom Hewitt (more..)
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SNIM uses EMD GPL15's as switching locmotives at its port in Cansado (near Nouadhibou). The "L" stands for "Light", as it weighs slightly less than a regular GP15. Those boxes behind the cab are special air filters used to deal with the blowing sand in the Sahara.

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