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Mauritania’s Train du Desert operates daily between Nouadhibou on the Atlantic coast and the iron ore mines in Zouerat—a journey of around 450 miles that takes about 13 hours each way. 2/ https://t.co/A6VNsIoQhg — PolitiTweet.org

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This is the world’s longest freight train. It runs almost a mile long and consists of 200 freight cars. Photographer Adrian Guerin spent 26 hours in the Saharan desert on it. This is what he saw: 1/ https://t.co/2J3iyfc8NE https://t.co/0KovIIhFIy — PolitiTweet.org

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Its primary purpose is to transport ore from the mines, but from the beginning Mauritanians have hopped rides on freight cars to reach remote desert settlements. The empty cars create opportunities for locals to courier items from one part of the country to another. 3/ https://t.co/woF1sPbkJV — PolitiTweet.org

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