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The incredible 2-mile African train with 200 carriages that's one of the world's longest
Crossing the desert in northwest Africa is the incredible Mauritania train, also known as the iron ore train, whose carriages extend so far into the distance that they disappear from view.
Tourists wait in the desert for hours to ride this train illegally
Some describe the 20-hour journey across 700km of desert as a "once in a lifetime experience" or a real life version of Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic Dune. READ MORE: Police wade through deep ...