Milestone Moment As Indian Railways Operates 2.8-Km-Long Freight Train 'SheshNaag'
Indian Railways created another record by operating the longest freight train. Indian Railways named it as 'SeshNaag'. The rake had a total of 251 wagons which were pulled by four electric locomotives which were fitted in between.
Indian Railways created another record by operating its longest train ever, one that it named 'SeshNaag'. The rake had a total of 251 wagons which were pulled by four electric locomotives which were fitted in between, confirm reports.
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It is the longest train ever to run on the Indian Railways network. According to details shared by the Railway Ministry, the South East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways recently operated the SheshNaag train service, a 2.8-kilometre-long train amalgamating four empty BOXN rakes.
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The SheshNaag train was powered by four sets of electric locomotives.
Indian Railways breaks another record. Operates 'SheshNaag', a 2.8 Km long train amalgamating 4 empty BOXN rakes, powered by 4 sets of electric locomotives
¡ª Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) July 2, 2020
'SheshNaag' is the longest train ever to run on Indian Railways. pic.twitter.com/t3fKKVJSkJ
In a tweet on Thursday, the Ministry of Railways shared a two-minute-and-19-second-long video of the train crossing a platform and wrote, ¡±Indian Railways breaks another record. Operates ¡®SheshNaag¡¯, a 2.8 Km long train amalgamating 4 empty BOXN rakes, powered by 4 sets of electric locomotives. ¡®SheshNaag¡¯ is the longest train ever to run on Indian Railways.¡±
The national transporter is trying to move multiple freight rakes together to help in the decongestion of the rail route.
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, earlier this month, said that the focus of the national transporter during this ongoing COVID-19 crisis period has been the moving of food grains, fertilisers, coal, other essential supplies, and sending Shramik Special trains to their destinations, reports The Financial Express.
On June 30, the Railway Ministry had run a 177-coach freight train named ¡®Super Anaconda¡¯.
Taking a big leap in reducing the transit time of freight trains, Bilaspur division of SECR broke yet another frontier by joining & running 3 loaded trains (more than 15000 tonnes) in 'Anaconda' formation through Bilaspur & Chakradharpur divisions. pic.twitter.com/5lZlQHDpkI
¡ª Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) June 30, 2020
The Railway Ministry mentioned that while taking a big leap in reducing the transit time of freight trains, the Bilaspur Division of the South East Central Railway zone operated the three loaded freight trains on the Indian Railways network (carrying over 15,000 tonnes) in a form of an ¡®Anaconda¡¯, through Bilaspur Division and Chakradharpur Division.
