The Indian Railways, as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration, tested its longest freight train Super Vasuki on August 15.
The 3.5 km long train, powered by five locomotives, carried a total trailing load of about 27,000 tonne of coal in 295 loaded wagons. Super Vasuki ran from Bhilai to Korba in Chhattisgarh, and it took about four minutes to clear the length of a station.
The train was operated by South East Central Railway headquartered at Bilaspur. “This was the highest fuel transportation ever carried by the Indian Railway in a single train arrangement,” the railways said in the statement.
