The Mauritania Railway operates one of the longest and heaviest trains in the world — a freight train up to 2.5 kilometers long, pulled by 3-4 American diesel locomotives, carrying 17,000 tons of iron ...

For most Americans, trains are less a part of their daily lives than they are a part of the nation's history. When most people think of trains, they likely recall seeing steam engine locomotives in ...

Epic desert crossing: The 704-kilometer Mauritania Railway links inland iron mines to the Atlantic, cutting through isolated Saharan terrain with no alternative transport routes. Free but risky: ...

On a continent crisscrossed by rails, high-speed trains and sleeper trains make it easy to get around Europe. It’s been that way for more than a century, yet Europe is in the midst of another rail ...