title image showing a portion of the annual report of the Mali National Railroad From the Niger River to Dakar by Train
. . . a slide show by Jim Jones 		the Niger River near Segou (Mali) on an early evening in 1992
HISTORY view of the port of Dakar (Senegal) about 1902 African workers construct bridge pilings at Mahina (Mali) in the Upper Senegal basin about 1895 African workers dig a railroad cut by hand in western Mali in the 1890s Opening ceremonies at Bamako station (Mali) in 1904 Congestion in the Dakar maritime terminal (Senegal) in 1906
THE TRIP 1992 dry season gardens next to the Niger River at Koulikoro (Mali), the inland terminus of the Dakar-Niger Railroad dry season savanna landscape in Mail in 1992 trucks poised to exchange cargoes with the railroad in Bamako (Mali) in 1992 women and locomotive along the road to Koulikoro near Bamako (Mali) railroad station Mopeds parked at Bamako station (Mali) in 1992
rack stuffed with baggage on the Mali Express in 1992 a village near the railroad tracks in western Mali in 1992 women offer goods for sale to train passengers in 1992 a market woman offers a plate of vegetables for sale through the train window in western Mali in 1992 a portion of curved track in western Mali in 1992 Railroad headquarters at Kayes (Mali) in 1906
colonial era store once owned by the firm of Deves and Chaumont in Kayes (Mali) as it appeared in 1992 the railroad company's hotel in Kayes (Mali) in 1992 key to a room at the hotel owned by the railroad in Kayes (Mali) a storm in the savanna of western Mali as the 1992 rainy season begins the railroad station at Koussanar (Senegal) in 1992 a water tower in Koussanar (Senegal) left over from the days of steam locomotives
a freight train passes through the industrial outskirts of Dakar (Senegal) in 1992 the suburban station of Colombane outside of Dakar (Senegal) in 1992 a commuter train approaching Dakar (Senegal) in 1992 Dakar (Senegal) train station seen as one departs towards Mali entrance to the train station in Dakar (Senegal) commercial space next to the main train station in Dakar (Senegal)

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