“Now boarding the midnight train to nowhere” while not a mainline station like Atlanta or Macon, Milledgeville was still served by the old Central of Georgia Railroad and Georgia Railroad and ... (more)

Modern wheelset lathe in the SNIM workshop in Nouadhibou. Photography was only allowed here, otherwise it was strictly forbidden inside the halls.

The Milky Way rises over the station at Crawfords.

There is a large underground water reservoir near Boulenouar at kilometer 96 of the 652-kilometer railroad line from Nouadhibou to Zouérate. This is used to supply the villages and towns along th... (more)

In Mauritania, the disused permanent way material such as steel ties and rails is deposited next to the tracks and remains there. Some of the ties are reused for simple shade, as markings or even ... (more)

This is the last turnout of Boulenouar (PK 96) on the east side. The 652-kilometre-long railroad line through the Mauritanian desert is single-track throughout, with crossing points for the trains... (more)

This is F'dérîk station, also called "Iron Ore Train Hop-on Point". A row of loaded ore cars fron the TO14 and Rouessa mines is standing in the station, some people sit already on top ... (more)

Nor nitrate, nor steel coils are loaded here, but brand new conveyer belts!

If you consistently drive at no more than walking pace, you can still manage.

At Choum, at kilometer 460 of the 652 km long railroad line, the railroad makes a 90 degree turn, even before the mountain massif visible in the background, and then heads north to Zouérate inste... (more)

The sun sets at around 6.30 pm. There is a large supply of groundwater in Boulenouar, and 16 taps are set up at the station to fill the water tankers that supply the entire route with water. Later... (more)

These passengers preferred to travel on this open wagon instead of on top of a loaded iron ore wagon. Now it is only a few kilometers to the destination. But the night, with around 12 hours of dar... (more)

Mauritania's iron ore trains also transport live animals, be it goats on top of the loaded ore wagons or dromedaries loaded onto flat wagons. The animals may be taken to the large animal market an... (more)

The ore trains in Mauritania also transport other goods, in addition to water, diesel oil, containers in open high-sided wagons, dromedaries on flat wagons, and cars on flat wagons. Here, for exam... (more)

On the 652 kilometer long ore railway line in Mauritania, a staff coach is usually carried at the end of one of about 3 daily trains, here on the loaded “Mineralier” M4 shortly before arriving... (more)