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Transnet Runs 7.6km World’s Longest Freight Train Test
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- Transnet sent the world’s longest freight train on a test run.
- The train measured 7.6 km (4.7 mi) and included 696 freight wagons.
- It traveled 860 km (534 mi) from Saldanha Bay to an interior iron-ore mine on Oct. 18.
- Transnet Freight Rail chief executive Russell Baatjies called the run a learning exercise.
- Transnet said the run surpasses the 4.5-mile Australian record set in 2001.