Heaviest_freight_train-Guinness World Record Holder

This is a clip of the Heaviest Freight train ever put together. It hauls ore in Australia,and is over 7KM long! It took place in 2001,8 X 6000HP engines,682 Iron ore cars! Watch the Guiness World Records TV show in re-runs.Thanks to them for this clip!

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Science & Technology

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• Freight Train
• Record
• Heaviest
• Longest

[al1500321]

Dont want to be the guy who has to walk the train if it goes into emergency.

[Sean117Ply]

I would commit suicide at the level crossing.

[mujikluva]

Waiting at the crossing is a fucken nightmare..trust me..

[wayneweek]

and how long did it take to add all those cars?

[wayneweek]

how long would the bloody train take to accelerate in excess of 60mph!?

[Mechknight73]

@tartopfan Back in the early days, the various iron ore mining companies had a lot of trouble sourcing locomotives. Today, there's a "museum" of sorts near one of the main workshops of all the older locomotives. Some of their model were used as shunters to the south of the state

[jmecrg]

electric horse power .....no torque curve all on or all off

[gm16v149]

@defiythelie One reason they did it was to test the Locotrol system of remote control for the locos spread throughout the train. Only one driver controls the whole train.

[satinisthree]

@defiythelie Are you this fun at parties, too?

[defiythelie]

That is kind of pointless, I mean what benefit is there to take 4 normal sized trains and connect them into one big train ?

[tartopfan]

@1998ChevroletS10 well I did the math & I saw that 12 C40-9Ws could do the job as well

[juvmol]

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