The longest train in the world ran in Australia in 2001.
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The Australian BHP Iron Ore is the longest train in the world. This train was run in June 2001 and its length was about 4.6 miles i.e. 7.353 km. It was the longest train ever in the history of the world. BHP has its own private rail line in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is called the Mount Newman Railway. This rail network has been designed for the transportation of iron ore. BHP operates another rail line in the area called The Goldsworthy Railway.
24 as tall as the Eiffel Tower
The 7.3 km long BHP Iron Ore train was the longest and heaviest freight train in the world. Eight robust General Electric AC6000CW diesel locomotives were employed to haul this 682-debloated train. It covered the 275 km journey from Yandi Mine to Port Hedland in Western Australia in 10 hours and 4 minutes. On the way up, a coupler had come off the train. Due to this the train journey was delayed by four hours and 40 minutes. 82,000 tonnes of iron ore was loaded in this train. This train was so long that 24 Eiffel towers could fit in it. The length of the Eiffel Tower is 300 meters. If we talk about the weight of this train, then it was about one lakh tonnes. That is, its weight was equal to 402 Statue of Liberty. The weight of the Statue of Liberty is 225 tons.
Even today the BHP Iron Ore train runs. It consists of 270 coaches which are pulled by four diesel locomotive engines. This train carries about 38,000 tonnes of iron ore. Earlier the record of the longest train was with South Africa. A train weighing 71,600 tonnes was run there in 1991. This train ran between Saishen to Saldanha and was loaded with iron ore. It had 660 wagons and was 7,200 meters in length. Nine electric and seven diesel locomotive engines were installed to pull it.
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