LENGTH : 7.35 KM
WEIGHT : 99732 TONNES

Heaviest freight train
The heaviest ever train weighed 99,732.1 tonnes (220 million lb) and was 7.353 km (4.568 miles) long. Assembled by BHP Iron Ore (Australia), the train travelled 275 km (171 miles) from the company's Newman and Yandi mines to Port Hedland, Western Australia, on 21 June 2001.


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