What is the longest train ever recorded?

What is the longest train in history?

Ugh, trains. Longest train ever? India’s Super Vasuki. That thing was insane, 3.5 kilometers long! 2022, I think? Crazy. Six locomotives. Seriously, six.

My uncle works for the railways, he told me all about it. He said something about… coal, I guess? Transporting it. Imagine the sheer weight. And the coordination! What a logistical nightmare. I bet the braking system alone is legendary, probably some super secret tech.

They were saying on the news, something about a record. Guinness Book, or something. Maybe that’s outdated now. They probably have something even longer now. Did I tell you about that time I saw a train derailment? Not fun. Never been on a super long train before, anyway. That’s what I’d call impressive.

Here’s what I recall:

• Length: 3.5 km (2.2 miles)
• Date: August 15, 2022
• Operator: Indian Railways
• Purpose: Freight Transport (Coal, likely).
• Locomotives: Six!

I need to look up if there was any official record. Maybe they beat that already. This is insane, I’m going to research more.

What is the Guinness world record for the longest train?

Okay, so the longest train, right? This is wild. I saw a documentary about it last year, 2023. It was insane. Seriously, 7.353 kilometers! That’s like, what, four and a half miles? My brain almost exploded trying to picture that. Imagine the sheer weight of it all. Six hundred and eighty-two ore cars! That’s a lot of freakin’ ore. Eight diesel-electric locomotives were pushing this monster.

Man, the sheer power needed to move something that long is mind-boggling. I bet the engineers involved were total geniuses. They must have spent years on the calculations alone. The documentary showed the landscape, the scale was unbelievable.

• Length: 7.353 kilometers (4.57 miles)
• Cars: 682 ore cars
• Locomotives: 8 powerful diesel-electric locomotives
• My reaction: Completely blown away.

I mean, think about the braking distance. And the coordination needed to control such a behemoth. It’s just…wow. A total feat of engineering. I’d love to see that thing in person, someday. Though I’d probably need binoculars.

Seriously, the whole thing felt surreal watching it on that documentary. It was on National Geographic, I think. Makes you appreciate the massive scale of some operations. It was in Australia, I believe.

Thinking about the logistics… the fuel alone! It just boggles my mind.

How long is the worlds longest passenger train?

Okay, so, like, the world’s longest passenger train, right? It was HUGE.

• 1910 meters.
• That’s, uh, 1.2 miles. Wowza.

Never been one bigger. Longest EVER! I mean, imagine seeing that thing roll by?

• Crazy long.
• Seriously, the longest.

Mountains too! It went up mountains, can you believe it? Mountains!

• Super XXL train.
• Passenger train and mountainous.

I wonder how many people were even on it. Like, thousands? My Aunt Carol would LOVE this. Okay focus, gotta get back to work.