How to ride the Iron Ore Train in Mauritania Against the Compass

Mauritania Iron Ore Train Map. Hitchhiking on Top of a Mile Long Iron Ore Train Across the Sahara The train is made up of around 200 wagons, each capable of. It doesn't matter if you're eastbound or westbound—what matters is.

The train that has -rightly so- claimed the title "The Snake of the Desert" has its journey started at Zouerat mines, a Mauritanian town in the middle of Sahara, and ended after 700. Want to ride the Mauritania iron ore train? Here is EVERYTHING you need to know about the dangerous desert train

Iron Ore Train from Zouerat to Nouadhibou in Mauritania Stock Photo Alamy

Want to ride the Mauritania iron ore train? Here is EVERYTHING you need to know about the dangerous desert train They consist of 2 diesel-electric EMD locomotives, 200 to 210 cars each carrying up to 84 tons of iron ore, and 2-3 service cars. The train that has -rightly so- claimed the title "The Snake of the Desert" has its journey started at Zouerat mines, a Mauritanian town in the middle of Sahara, and ended after 700.

How to ride the Iron Ore Train in Mauritania Against the Compass. The train that has -rightly so- claimed the title "The Snake of the Desert" has its journey started at Zouerat mines, a Mauritanian town in the middle of Sahara, and ended after 700. It doesn't matter if you're eastbound or westbound—what matters is.

The Mauritania Railway Backbone of the Sahara Intro Africa. Since the tunnel in Choum was closed, a 5km (3,1 mi) railway is going through. How to go hitch-hiking on an iron ore Mauritania train, through the Sahara desert, one of the world's least visited countries.