South Africa created the longest freight train at 7.6 kilometers to power the train, electric and diesel locomotives had to be placed throughout the train. The train has already completed a journey of 860 kilometers from Saldanha Bay on the west coast of South Africa to an iron ore mine inland.

South Africa created the longest freight train at 7.6 kilometers to power the train, electric and diesel locomotives had to be placed throughout the train. The train has already completed a journey of 860 kilometers from Saldanha Bay on the west coast of South Africa to an iron ore mine inland.