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International Railroad Discussion > Sahara Desert Iron ore trains.Date: 01/28/24 09:18 Sahara Desert Iron ore trains. Author: stevelv Interesting read in today's Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-12973101/I-travelled-iron-ore-deep-Sahara-Desert-one-worlds-extreme-railways-Heres-saw.html
Date: 01/28/24 18:43 Re: Sahara Desert Iron ore trains. Author: railstiesballast Thanks, I learned something new today. A lot of new things!
Date: 01/28/24 19:37 Re: Sahara Desert Iron ore trains. Author: NMlurker That is absolutely crazy.
Date: 01/29/24 09:18 Re: Sahara Desert Iron ore trains. Author: pedrop Very interesting article. It's not a kind of railfaning trip I would like to do. I think I am old for that.
Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Date: 01/29/24 09:35 Re: Sahara Desert Iron ore trains. Author: jcaestecker I appreciate your sharing that story. Not something I would care to do but I certainly applaud the intrepid traveler.
-John Date: 01/29/24 09:42 Re: Sahara Desert Iron ore trains. Author: train1275 Dang !!!
That's crazy !! Date: 01/29/24 11:26 Re: Sahara Desert Iron ore trains. Author: Hartington In 2002 the BBC aired "Sahara with Michael Palin". The first episode included this same train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4vSy6KXByQ
Date: 01/29/24 12:25 Re: Sahara Desert Iron ore trains. Author: DKay There is another series shown on TV down here from time to time (might be BBC also )....Chris Tarrant's Extreme rail JourneysHe did that trip in a recent show. They had to get off and help shovel sand.
Regards,dK Date: 01/30/24 19:18 Re: Sahara Desert Iron ore trains. Author: loleta Just toss that goat anywhere.
Date: 01/31/24 11:55 Re: Sahara Desert Iron ore trains. Author: march_hare Take the possibility of being kidnapped out of the equation, and I'd give it a try.
Anybody know the ancestry of the dead locomotives in the photos? Looks like modified SD40s in service now. |