Why? To document a journey of a lifetime. The Mauritania Railway has been transporting iron ore across the Sahara Desert since 1963. The train runs on a single 437-mile (704km) track that links ...

Imagine embarking on an 18-hour journey across the sprawling Sahara Desert aboard a train laden with tons of iron ore. There are no bathing facilities, limited opportunities for breaks ...

the Iron Ore train in Mauritania snakes through the North West African country on a gruelling 20-hour, 435-mile journey through the Sahara Desert. While the journey can be taken in even direction ...

Few train journeys in the world ... hauling tons of iron ore, passengers, and supplies across hundreds of miles of desert in Mauritania. Known as one of the longest and heaviest trains in the ...

KELSO, Calif. -- A train hauling iron ore with 55 cars derailed in the Mojave Desert Monday. While fuel was leaking from the derailed train, there were no other hazardous-materials threats ...

Ride an iron ore train across the Sahara (Mauritania) Transporting iron ore from a remote mine in the Sahara Desert to the Atlantic coast, Mauritania’s Train du Desert rumbles 437 miles (704 ...

Stretching across the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert, Mauritania’s iconic Train du Desert offers an unforgettable adventure for thrill-seekers and iron ore haulers alike. Spanning 704 ...

A freight train carrying iron ore derailed in a remote area of the Mojave Desert on Monday but there were no injuries, authorities said. The San Bernardino County Fire Protection District said in ...

But its only railway has recently become the subject of a viral TikTok travel trend: riding the “Iron Ore Train.” This 437-mile journey through the Sahara desert offers dramatic selfie ...