Longest Trains - Bulk Cargo

Bulk Cargo

  • 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) except where shown.
  • Australia
    • Rio Tinto—29,500 tonnes of iron ore—2.4 km, three locomotives
    • BHP Billiton iron ore typically 336 cars, 44,500 tonnes of iron ore, over 3 km long, six to eight locomotives including intermediate remote units.
    • Leigh Creek coal—2.8 km, 161 wagons and 2 locomotives.
  • Brazil
    • Carajás Railway 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge iron ore typically 330-car trains, each 3 km long.
  • China
    • Daqin Railway Coal trains—20,000 t, 3.2 km, 210 wagons
  • Mauritania—3 km—iron ore from Zouérat—trains lurch violently when accelerating or braking
  • Indonesia (proposed)
    • Muara Wahau coal to Bengalon port — 2196 m
  • South Africa
    • Sishen–Saldanha railway line Ore trains on 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) — 4100 m

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