Agent 99 Wrote:
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> So is all that gobbledygook on the roof cooling
> and filtration equipment?
>
> I found the film to be interesting but quite slow
> moving and lacking in much information about the
> RR. Not sure what having random Mauritanians stare
> into the camera is trying prove. And the bit about
> 17,000 tons or ore being enough to build an Eiffel
> Tower - huh? Who would build an Eiffel Tower out
> of iron ore? Not an effective analogy in my view.
> Overall I'd say the 12 minutes wasn't completely
> wasted, though.
>

There is quite a bit of info out there if you look, including many self made videos by Westerners who rode the train. One very admirable thing in the film is that they don't fall into the superlative trap of calling it the heaviest train in the world, just among the heaviest. I don't mind the closeups at all, and notice how small the fires are that they build, fuel is very precious in the Sahara.

Here is a Google Map link to the iron ore producing area, a very imposing landscape:
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