21hrs Riding the World's Longest Iron Ore train in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania

Описание: 21 hours on top of the World's Longest Cargo Train crossing the Sahara Desert, the Ore Iron Train in Mauritania. One of the most adventurous thing ever.

YEAR: 2020

The Mauritania Railway is the national railway of Mauritania.
Construction of the line began in 1960, with it opening in 1963.
It consists of a single 704-kilometer (437 mi) railway line linking the iron mining center of Zouérat with the port of Nouadhibou.

Trains on the railway are up to 2.5/3 kilometers (1.6 mi) in length, making them among the longest and heaviest in the world. They consist of 3 or 4 diesel-electric EMD locomotives, 200 to 210 cars each carrying up to 84 tons of iron ore, and 2-3 service cars sometimes. The total traffic averages 16.6 million tons per year.

There are about 3-4 rides a day, but as it's a cargo train there are no stations or exact time schedules.

Passenger cars are sometimes attached to freight trains, but more often passengers simply ride atop the ore hopper cars freely. Passengers include locals, merchants, and rarely some tourists. Conditions are incredibly harsh with daytime temperatures exceeding 40°C and death from falls being common.

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