{"id":24422,"date":"2020-07-06T06:45:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T06:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=24422"},"modified":"2020-07-06T06:45:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T06:45:28","slug":"indian-railways-operates-its-2-8-km-long-train-sheshnaag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/indian-railways-operates-its-2-8-km-long-train-sheshnaag\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Railways operates its 2.8 km long train &#8216;SheshNaag&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indian Railways has created another record by operating the longest freight train named &#8216;SeshNaag&#8217;. The rake had a total of 251 wagons which were pulled by four electric locomotives which were fitted in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This experiment of connecting 4 rakes to run on the long train named Sheshnag was successful. This allows more goods to be sent from one place to another at a time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The feat was achieved in the South East Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways. 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