The Indian Railways tested its heaviest and longest freight, Super Vasuki, on Independence Day. And the video of the same is now going viral.바카라 웹사이트
The Railways conducted a test run of the 3.5-km-long freight train with 295 loaded wagons carrying over 27,000 tonnes of coal between Korba in Chhattisgarh and Rajnandgao in Nagpur on August 15, as part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations.바카라 웹사이트
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Here are the top 5 features of the train:
1. This is the longest and heaviest freight train ever run by the Railways, the national transporter said, adding the train takes about four minutes to cross a station.
2.바카라 웹사이트The amount of coal carried by Super Vasuki is enough to fire 3000 MW of power plant for one full day, officials said. This is three times the capacity of existing railway rakes (90 cars with 100 tonnes in each) which carries about 9,000 tonnes of coal in one journey.바카라 웹사이트
3.바카라 웹사이트The train was formed by amalgamating five rakes of goods trains as one unit.
4.바카라 웹사이트The Railways plans to use this arrangement (longer freight trains) more frequently, especially to transport coal in peak demand season to prevent fuel shortages of power stations, the officials said.바카라 웹사이트
5.바카라 웹사이트The train run by the South East Central Railway left Korba at 13:50 and took 11.20 hours to cover the distance of 267 km.바카라 웹사이트
(with PTI inputs)
