A government-run company in South Africa claims that it has sent the longest freight train ever on a test run.

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[–] 5 points 1 week ago

But it was empty.

Imagine breaking up that consist, though? Do you start dropping sections off the back miles away from your destination, so that you can all slow down and get to your tracks? They can't possibly load the cars like that, they'd have to come to a complete stop and start up again for each ar (or set of a few cars, depending on loading equipment).

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