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I Read this is the latest railway digest thought some of you might be interested. [ Its word from word to the story in the mag ]
" Interstate rail frieght operator SCT logistics has operated the heaviest general train to have ever run on the defined interstate network, with a 6000- tonne train ( No. 7GP1 ) departing Parkes for Perth on Sunday 22nd of March. The is also thought to be the heaviest general freight train ( As distinct from bulk coal, mineral or grain trains ) to have ever operated anywhere on Australian rail. SCT said 87 B-double trucks would have been required haul the same amount by road " ...
It goes on but not about the record.
Anthony
I Read this is the latest railway digest thought some of you might be interested. [ Its word from word to the story in the mag ]
" Interstate rail frieght operator SCT logistics has operated the heaviest general train to have ever run on the defined interstate network, with a 6000- tonne train ( No. 7GP1 ) departing Parkes for Perth on Sunday 22nd of March. The is also thought to be the heaviest general freight train ( As distinct from bulk coal, mineral or grain trains ) to have ever operated anywhere on Australian rail. SCT said 87 B-double trucks would have been required haul the same amount by road " ...
It goes on but not about the record.
Anthony