Indian Railways’ South East Central Railway(SECR) zone has recently operated two freight trains named as ‘Super Anaconda’ and ‘Sesh Naag’ which garnered a lot of eyeballs due to their massive length.
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‘Sesh Naag’ also earned the distinction of being the longest railway train to run on the Indian Railways network.
Railways operated’ Sesh Naag’ from the Nagpur division to the Bilaspur division which travelled a total distance of 260 km.
All the rakes were combined at the Parmalkasa station at Chattisgarh and travelled till Korba for the loading of coal.
A total of 251 empty wagons was transported between both the sations with the help of four electric locomotives.
The train operated at an average speed of 65kmph while the top speed of the train was 80kmph.
SECR also successfully operated 177 loaded wagons with three freight trains combined together between Lajkura & Raurkela in Odisha and termed it as ‘Super Anaconda’.
The total weight of the train was more than 15,000 tonnes and was hauled by four electric locomotives.
Railways trying to move multiple freight rakes together as it helps in saving the transportation time and also help in the decongestion of the rail route.
Railways is prioritising the movement of freight trains in its network as the passenger trains are not running in full utilisation due to the spread of coronavirus pandemic.
