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That would be a freight train consisting of 128 units. Not likely in Europe, where the average freight train has 25 to 30 wagons, and the longest freight train
by Freak_NL 7y ago
That would be a freight train consisting of 128 units. Not likely in Europe, where the average freight train has 25 to 30 wagons, and the longest freight train seems to measure 835m, which will put you in the neighbourhood of 40 units. I'm not even sure that one would fit on the Swiss network; it runs or ran between Hamburg and Denmark, a route which features not quite as many elevation differences and tunnels.
Considering this, the chances of even hitting the lower 256 axle mark are probably negligibly remote as well.
- jefftk 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_trains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_trains gives 180 cars for the US, and longer for Australia, Brazil, and others. Cars can also have more than four axles; at the extreme you have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnabel_car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnabel_car But yes, this is probably not an issue in Europe.