Locomotive giant traverses the Mauritanian desert

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Near Nouadibhou, northern Mauritania - 13th October 2008
1. Wide oncoming iron ore train
2. Wide rear view of iron ore train
3. Wide iron ore train on the move, with train driver looking out window at the length of the train
Nouadibhou (northern Mauritanian city), October 13, 2008
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Mohamed El Moctar Ould Taleb, Director of the National Mine and Industry Company:
"If we consider the train with all the locomotives at the front, we have the longest and heaviest train in the world. That's for sure."
En route between Nouadibhou and Zouerat, northern Mauritanian, October 14, 2008
5. Trailing shot stationary train
Maintenance depot, Nouadibhou, northern Mauritanian, October 13, 2008
6. A maintenance worker inspects a train at the maintenance depot
The mining town of Zouerat, north east Mauritania, October 15, 2008
7. Pan of iron ore being loaded onto the train wagons
8. Zoom into the iron ore being loaded onto the train wagons
En route between Nouadibhou and Zouerat, northern Mauritanian, October 14, 2008
9. Mid view out the front train locomotive window
10. Close up digital read out in locomotive indicating speed of train
11. Mid the national drink of Mauritania, mint tea, is prepared in the locomotive
12. Close mint tea is passed to the train driver, who drinks it
13. Mid train driver at the helm of the locomotive
14. SOUNDBITE (French) Selemtou Ould Mohammed Abderrahmane, iron ore train driver:
"There is a technique used to fix the dune problem. After bulldozing the dunes, dead palm tree branches are planted into the sand dunes, making the dunes stable. After that the dunes don't move any more, and we don't have a problem with sand drifting onto the railway tracks anymore."
15. Mid train driver points out the locomotive window, at the passing sand dunes.
16. Tilt up of the railway tracks
17. Wide shot of the passing railway tracks, with the sand plough visible in front of the tracks
18. Close switch gear in the locomotive indicating operation of the sand plough ("chasse sable")
19. Close up shot of the sand plough
20. Side shot of the locomotive on the move
21. Tilt up from the passing sand up to the auxiliary filtration system, looking back
22. Shot of the auxiliary filtration system, looking forwards
Maintenance depot, Nouadibhou, northern Mauritanian, October 13, 2008
23. Wide shot of Maintenance Chief, Sid'Ahmed Ould Mohamed Yeslem demonstrating one of the auxiliary filters, at the maintenance depot in Nouadibhou
24. Cutaway of the filter
25. SOUNDBITE (French) Sid'Ahmed Ould Mohamed Yeslem, Maintenance Chief of the National Mine and Industry Company:
"Since we installed this extra filtration system, the problems to do with filtering of sand for the motors have been eliminated."
26. Radiators and cooling system on the locomotive being pointed out by the Maintenance chief.
En route between Nouadibhou and Zouerat, northern Mauritanian, October 14, 2008
27. Shot of the radiators (behind the gauze) with locomotive on the move
Maintenance depot, Nouadibhou, a town in northern Mauritanian, October 13, 2008
28. Wide train pulls into the Nouadibhou maintenance depot for its maintenance check up after each run to Zouerat.
29. Wide ship seen beyond the piles of iron ore at Nouadibhou harbour
30. Wide ships at the Nouadhibou harbour
Zouerat train station, Zouerat (town in north east Mauritania), October 15, 2008
31. Passenger Aminata Gadio ascends the passenger wagon
32. Passenger Aminata Gadio sits on a wooden bench inside the passenger wagon
33. SOUNDBITE (French) Aminata Gadio, train passenger:
En route between Nouadibhou and Zouerat, northern Mauritanian, October 14, 2008
34. The train driver looks out his window to the train and the passing scenery
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