Which has been the longest and heaviest freight train on record?
General Electric AC6000CW holds the combined record for the longest and heaviest train. On June 12, 2001, the 7.3-kilometer (4.6 miles) train traveled 275 kilometers (172 miles) in Australia, carrying 82,000 tons of ore. The train itself weighed almost 100,000 tons and hauled 682 ore cars. The GE AC6000CW was created at … Read more