Heaviest_freight_train-Guinness World Record Holder

[@OliverWoodphotography]

I wish we had trains like this in the UK haha. 7KM long, 99,000 tonnes moving at 70KMh sounds insane!

[@tanderson596]

Yes imagine pulling up at the level crossing in your car and having to wait 6 full minutes for a 7,000 metre train to go past!

[@jeremymenchaca]

Time to read a book.

[@Mechknight73]

I've done that personally with these monsters although for me it was in a truck. More than enough time to get out ans stretch your legs

[@MrThewildrider]

I've waited for dead stopped trains to cross crossings before. You know how long it takes a mile long train to get going and clear a crossing?

[@dananskidolf]

I'd be starting to wonder if it was somehow connected to itself in a big loop...

[@renorti115]

few more wagons would have made it 100,000 tons, sounds better than 99,732

[@rishiraj6184]

renorti1 I also think so

[@KieraCameron514]

Each locomotive is moving 12,466.5 tonnes. Well done, AC6000CW.

[@josuebeltran1539]

sadly those locomotives don't exist anymore

[@josuebeltran1539]

+Tom Carr they got scrapped a long time ago

[@josuebeltran1539]

+Tom Carr Wikipedia the locomotives got scrapped cuz of emissions

[@musicman122_4]

Jessyca Conrad didn't he saw those were DC powered?

[@SouthwestRailfanProductions]

@@josuebeltran1539 yes they do in the states I see them all the time

[@Stackedwithcash]

I want to go to Australia just to watch all the trains

[@Mechknight73]

Having been waiting at a level crossing when one of these behemoths went past, you'd have enough time to get out, stretch, and maybe even eat your lunch lol

[@gm16v149]

@defiythelie One reason they did it was to test the Locotrol system of remote control for the locos spread throughout the train. Only one driver controls the whole train.

[@clineshaunt]

Cool video, that's amazing. In some cities/towns here in the US, there are laws that say how long a train is allowed to block a crossing. The next town over used to have a law, not sure if it still does, where the train could only block the crossing for a minute. I heard this was mainly due to not hinder emergency vehicles for too long.

[@nickaalex]

109,935.71 US tons, damn. x2 the titanic’s weight

[@2kanchoo]

Holy shit, what a monster! Biggest train I've driven was a 21, 000 ton grain train. I'm surprised the locotrol worked over such a length train too.Would be cool to drive once but these monster trains are wholly impractical. They don't fit in any siding or yard so meets are crap for everyone else that has to get out of the way and it's a long job to yard the thing when you have to rip it apart and stuff it into multiple tracks. Also if anything goes wrong way back good luck for the conductor to have to walk or do a pull by inspection. Basically required for someone in a vehicle to follow it along.

[@vincesin8660]

Over a ruling grade of 1.14% the 4-8-8-4s could move 4,000 tons (3,636 tonnes) of freight at 20-25 mph (32-40.25 km/h). When the ruling grade between Ogden, Utah and Green River, Wyoming (176 miles/283 km) was reduced to 0.82%, the tonnage rating climbed to 5,360 tons (4,873 tonnes). At 45 mph (72.5 km/h), these engines developed 6,000 drawbar horsepower (4,476 kW). Among their many abilities was the flexibility to move around curves of 20 deg. This should help you. little math :D

[@SouthwestRailfanProductions]

Big boy was a little to OP

[@Rammstein45]

I want this for Train Simulator!

[@47485ksc]

Rammstein45 I want to put a penny on the tracks!

[@hypercell1016]

If you put a penny on the track, you wouldn't have anything left of it once the train passed.

[@oregonrailfan7046]

Yamaha SR650 plz tell me your not a train hater

[@darkthshadow9253]

@@47485ksc it gonna be a dime

[@47485ksc]

@@oregonrailfan7046 Not. Been camping next to the tracks (2) between Mojave and the Tehachapi Loop for 45 years. Not all the time that is.

[@maynardcat]

Great video, that was one long train, and beautiful wide screen picture.

[@Mechknight73]

You haven't been at a level crossing when one of these trains passes. If you get stopped by one of these trains, you'd just about have enough time to eat a sandwich, have a cup of coffee, and maybe even get out and have a stretch lol. IT depends on which crossing. If it's closer to town, you're in for a wait. If it's out of town, it's usually doing around 100km/h

[@wildcat19671]

in reality the British sent a bunch of criminals to Australia to get rid of them and to colonize the place. It worked the people there scratched a country out of a waste land by working their asses off. they do things their way. most of them are really friendly. in fact they have much in common with my beloved state of Texas Davy Crockett said it best. if you from Tx. you know what I mean. ausies are awesome. and welcome at my table any time.

[@tommyau2006]

only about 10% of Australians are descendants of convicts

[@wildcat19671]

@@tommyau2006 indeed a lot of time has past since then.

[@1962Sparkie]

0 - 60 mph in 3 hours...

[@gregrowe1168]

+1962Sparkie More like 0-60 in never. From the looks of it, top speed was probably no more than 25-30 mph. It even said that the top speed of the locomotive was 75 km/hr. Muliply by .62 to get mph and you get 46.5 mph as top speed. Even with 8 locomotives, its still a very heavy load and at full-throttle(as I assume all the locomotives were) top speed could never be reached with this much weight.

[@1962Sparkie]

+Greg Rowe Well feck me, aren't you the original anorak!! Have you never heard the phrase "tongue in cheek"? There's a whole world out there, go and explore it, rather than being a pedantic GANGY.

[@richiebee1984]

1962Sparkie feck?????

[@AwesomeDesertTrains]

another word for fuck

[@kevinhoward9593]

its only allowed to go 75kph or 43mph max.

[@danthetrainman5656]

GE made them in the US with AC4400 and AC6000 models. The US doesn't manufacture and rarely uses them because of fuel conservation, the amount of smoke it produces, and the US has higher rated horsepower locomotives. And the speaker was brutal.

[@Nowforever13]

Pretty sure the largest steam train ever built the big boy 4-8-8-4 couldve hauled that load easily

[@danthetrainman5656]

Yes ikr

[@danthetrainman5656]

And the 2-6-6-6

[@gregrowe1168]

+Daniel RailMan the 6000 hp units are seldom used anymore. The engines weren't reliable and most were replaced with 4400 hp engines. Most trains in the U.S are around 90-100 cars with 2 ge 4400 hp units or 2 Emd SD 70-ACE units(4300 hp) capable of pulling them. It gets to the point with trains much longer that they become impractical. Its just more efficient to have shorter trains that are quicker and easier to assemble at a yard and are capable of much higher speeds.

[@danthetrainman5656]

Then what are they using in the video? 4400s?

[@phillipg1588]

As an ex Sydney Trains driver I wonder about that total length of the brake pipe air and how long it would take to both fully apply and release the brakes.

[@Mechknight73]

@tartopfan Back in the early days, the various iron ore mining companies had a lot of trouble sourcing locomotives. Today, there's a "museum" of sorts near one of the main workshops of all the older locomotives. Some of their model were used as shunters to the south of the state

[@Mechknight73]

BHP Billiton have this measuring system; at least one locomotive per 260 cars, that's the spacing in the middle of the train. The ore cars themselves aren't bottom dumpers either; the train moves through a rig that grabs them by the wheels, two at a time and flips them 180 dgrees. Much faster than the old way.

[@tripjet999]

1/4-mile time? (Please come back tomorrow).

[@Mechknight73]

Yes, if you have BHP Billiton's systems to run it. If you can pull a train that big, you can fill a bulk carrier in one hit, instead of taking days to do the job. These aren't ordinary American-spec locomoties, they've been specially built for this job

[@KieraCameron514]

These are General Electric AC6000CWs. Union Pacific and CSX owned AC6000CWs. Yes, they are American.

[@mavricvg7061]

Just for the Record, South Africa held the Guinness World Record for the longest train in the world from 1989, they did this with Scheffel Self Steering Bogie Technology with 660 Wagons. South Africa was just now beaten by 22 Wagons. This all in 1989!!!!

[@sydneymartin6941]

And to add to the comment on South Africa just remember it was on a 3ft 6 inch gauge NOW THAT IS A WORLD RECORD TO BE PROUD OF

[@Mechknight73]

But Australian modified. To date, nobody else is using the telemetry system they run on locomotives. There's about 8 in this train, but they're not all coupled together at either end. They're spread throughout the train, and the telemetry system is what links their controls

[@balamuruganjeyachandran6719]

Could they added a few more and it could've been a 100,000 Tons :-)

[@kevinhoward9593]

I cant even imagine what the hell would happen if it hit something. Billions of dollars in ore would go flying everywhere. I wonder how long it takes to stop something that huge anyway.

[@tommyau2006]

whatever it hit would go flying

[@yamahonkawazuki]

as a fellow American I do agree. have no beef whatsoever with our Australian friends :)

[@robertlowe9538]

That's an "Aussie" world record for every one, thanks B.H.P.

[@blainebauman7786]

The designs weren't stolen, they were ordered by BHP iron ore from us in the United States.

[@UPDetector]

Now if all 8 of the locos were the AC6000CW's and had 682 cars that's 2776 axles wonder who can break hat axle count record.

[@vigo894]

I know. I've been stuck at a crossing too. Here, it's worse, because I live near the Mexico border, and trains come through all day and all night too.

[@tarmac2001]

It is, Norfolk Southern runs coal trains in West Virginia at over 20,000 tons and they are under 2 miles in length at 180 cars or less.

[@jkack53]

Dude, you need to lighten up, Australia is one of our closest allies and friends. And by no means are they backward. This country is full of education, culture and beauty.

[@compteck7]

Actually BHP has a fleet of EMD's also, and they too have now made this run..Mt Goldsworthy was the lucky pick of the day..good for GE

[@Mechknight73]

Productivity. If you had the choice, would you rather fill your carrier in one go?

[@SantaFe19484]

I wonder how long it will take for this train to make an emergency stop.

[@PeoAviation]

SantaFe19484: lets see here. If the average American freight train hauls around 180 rail cars and can travel at an average speed of 60mph (100kph) and takes about a mile to stop. Then this Australian freight train which carried 682 iron-loaded hopper cars and was driven by 8 locomotives at an average speed of 46mph (75kph) it should take about maybe twice the regular distance to stop depending if all the breaks are applied or not. (I'm no train expert. I'm just telling you the information I know thus far. Please correct me if I am wrong!)

[@SouthwestRailfanProductions]

A good name for the upgraded AC6000CWs would be AC60AHs

[@JBofBrisbane]

Actually, an electric motor develops its best torque at zero RPM (i e starting from rest), and it tails off as the back EMF approaches the feed voltage.

[@Cnw8701]

Man, how many Australian AC6000CW's did they use?

[@gemcofoamer]

8

[@bluenazz]

Cool video Miles!!

[@DonNorway]

From top speed to standing still, what would the break time (and distance) of this marvel be?

[@bigPianist99]

1 Australia

[@xygomorphic44]

Fun fact: This train forms a vertical arc of about 1/15 of a degree caused by the curvature of the earth.

[@jkack53]

It would take 22 Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotives to pull this much weight. AMAZING.

[@zagan1]

Yes because it's on a full american based railway runs on the right hand side exact same US rules and signalling, it's the only US railway outside the USA. The Locos aren't the same as the US ones though, they are tailor made for the Australian desert, so it has special dust removes and filters there's 10 locos. To be honest they have broken this record about 3-4 times since this record and you can see the back of the train from the front as they are about 200 meters apart.

[@trs-no8lm]

Here in Cleveland Ohio there use to be a coal train that came there about every night or morning. Had 2 engines in front & 2 in the middle

[@KevinCNYC1991]

They don't have enough tractive effort compared to a AC6000. As a matter of fact they have around 103,000-113,940lbs of tractive effort. The AC6000CW has 166,000-188,000lbs.

[@Mechknight73]

Not exactly. US DMUs have to be directly linked together to function as a team. These are more like remote controlled units, command of which is in the lead engine. Thére's about one loco per 260 ore cars in the train, which means some at the front, sometimes the middel, and at the end of the train, all controlled by one driver

[@vincesin8660]

These engines could maintain 70 mph (113 km/h) and rode quite steadily; see Locobase 338 for a description of the revised bearing design that permitted smooth riding at such speeds.. (The four pistons evacuated 22,700 cu ft/642.8 cu m of steam per minute at that speed.) On the other hand, Farrington (1976) claims they were hard to fire and thought a feedwater heater should have been preferred to the exhaust steam injector they carried.

[@mavricvg7061]

Check out Sishen-Saldanha longest train in South Africa as we still hold the record for the longest commercial trains per day in the world at 342 Wagons per load. Here we really doing Heavy Haul in a big way!!!

[@ron7926]

Mavricvg sorry but Western Australias Pilbara region trains hauls the most weight of any train line in the world. over 240 million tonnes of iron ore yearly, Iron ore trains in WA pull over 400million tonnes yearly. nothing in South Africa comes close

[@vincesin8660]

, The Big Boys carried almost 70,000 lb (31,752 kg) more on its relatively tall drivers than did any other engine of comparable driver size. (The DM&IR's M3 2-8-8-4 engines -- Locobase 2405 -- had a higher weight on drivers, but had 63-inch/1,600 mm drivers.) Each one cost $265,000 when delivered.

[@RyanAnggoro]

Awesome Train

[@cnman234]

In Canada out longest trains are 240+ cars of iron ore.

[@JBofBrisbane]

Means you can haul four times as much iron ore over the same line - the headways are not much greater than for one of your "normal sized trains".

[@arlingtontrains7]

kool looking locos they have over there.. haha

[@MegaChallanger]

how many big boys does it take to pull it

[@sideshowtink]

How beautiful!

[@robertgaldamez2692]

Best train I ever seen ........

[@CAphotos]

I want to know what kind of grades they were traveling over...

[@larrysteve7272]

Imagine how long it would take to stop

[@darkthshadow9253]

about 35 kilometers and its moving 70 kilometers an hour so about 30 minutes

[@jasonthedogcatcher]

That driver would be pulling in $200K. But, considering the value of the load, well deserved.

[@steadyrockerguy]

Wow it is amazing and unbelievable... it looks just like a huge snake from air :D Australia power! :)

[@NKP723]

Well that was a fast reply

[@mywhittleshortlinetrains3774]

I don't get it, it's an AC6000 with a DC traction motor. The reason why it called (AC)6000 is because it as an AC traction motor. and because of the 6000 at the end it's for how many horsepower it has.

[@aussiefirie]

My Whittle Shortline Trains it has AC traction like the engineer said. The original had DC traction

[@mywhittleshortlinetrains3774]

I see, but it's still kind of weird, I wonder what country put a DC traction motor in it, maybe Brazil? If they bought AC6000's, if it was from America, only 2 railroads ordered the AC6000's, Union Pacific, and CSX, but they like AC traction motors, and that's what was in them because AC traction motors are better.

[@wellknownmyth]

I know Blaine, that's why we are paying you another visit soon. Cheers

[@dwight-trash8418]

outstanding!!!

[@nathanroberts355]

I seen all iron ore over 45yrs from mt Newman mining and Mt Goldsworthy mining co and hammersley iron ore trains from mt tom price and paraburdoo eastern range iron ore mines

[@YaesuFT736R]

Thanks!

[@MegaChallanger]

someone replied to to a comment made by me 2 years ago, yesterday. and i replied. i also saw a chuck Norris joke on the tgv speed record video

[@mujikluva]

Waiting at the crossing is a fucken nightmare..trust me..

[@sing3388]

7.35KM.....99732Ton!!!!!!!!!!BEAST TRAIN!!!!

[@locomotion60]

Are they the Dash 9s locos?

[@therealjordiano]

that is seriously amazing lol imo

[@oilfan2742]

I wonder how many miles it is

[@hutchmath]

+Samuel Fenchak 4.6 miles!

[@Laviddd]

how fast could the engine go by itself, or is it still 75?

[@outbackwabloke]

75kph track speed, 80-81kph will cause an overspeed penalty. If we overrode the safety systems the locos are good for about 120kph.

[@MegaTubetraveller]

Electric locos can pull the same or more, but such a train requires special power equipment for the catenary.

[@ricoisrael880]

WAOOO SUUUPERRRR TRAIN, GOOD LOCOMOTIVES,SUUUPERRR VIDEO, SALUDOS AMIGOS!!

[@mdgfb05]

is that ac6000cw still in service?

[@Nathanrailfan]

Nope, she's been scrapped in Oct, 2014.

[@mdgfb05]

aawwwwwwwwww should of preserved it

[@WAL_DC-6B]

No, not everything is bigger in America (U.S.A.). And, for that matter, even Texas. But, you'll notice that this feat was performed with American locomotives!

[@aussiefirie]

Dan Uscian that were modified to handle Australian conditions.

[@dannutman207]

Is a train that weights nearly 100,000 tonnes realistic?

[@09JDCTrainMan]

I'll bet at most 8 (or 6) DM&IR Yellowstones can pull that.

[@ModitRC]

I watched a video here on youtube from the 1950s where 3 mallets had a 120,000ton coal train.

[@cpufreak101]

Anthony Sole a metric tonne and what an american knows as a ton are 2 different things, a tonne is actually heavier, don't know the conversion though

[@ModitRC]

Thanks for pointing that out, but the Norfolk train was still heavier by 10,000 tons, if you do the conversion.

[@cpufreak101]

Don't forget it was the 1950's, Guinness wasn't there at the time to record it, and for Guinness world records (the only ones anybody cares about) they have to be there to check EVERYTHING and make sure it's all 100% legit

[@cpufreak101]

Also weight measuring technology still wasn't as accurate as today, it was near impossible to weigh an entire train back then

[@ethanwilliamson8791]

this isn't the longest one up big boy could haul a train 1 mile longer than this one

[@blainebauman7786]

Is telemetry the same as DMU's on United States railroads? I have never heard of it before, because I thought DMU's are an american innovation.

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

Imagine waiting at a crossing for it to pass. But its only going 15 mph.

[@gemcofoamer]

hi

[@DigitalLonestarX4600]

wait australian record with north american motive power??? those are AC6000Cw's by General Electric

[@Enviro4000]

One could starve to death waiting at crossing for that to go passed

[@nathanroberts355]

I seen it all in port hedland and dampier and cape Lambert robe river Rio tinto operations and hamersly iron ore trains from paraburdoo and mt Tom price iron ore mine

[@vincesin8660]

HAHA aussies got a cool train. imagine that much HP.... pretty cool Reminds me of the old 4-8-8-4 BIGBOY steam engine we used long time ago. loads were so big they just came up with this great huge train. i bet that thing could drive its self..

[@coreykesler3777]

DAMN!! Now I am pro-EMD but slowly starting to like GE too. Sorry GE haters, can't thrash them on this one!

[@ph11p3540]

It's not about breaking records. It's about few pennies you can pinch per ton of freight. You can't haul extreme weights like this by electric train. You couldn't build a power distribution system beefy enough to handle the many tens of thousands of amps that would be required to squeeze down a narrow 1" copper wire at 18,000 volts.

[@Pamissssss]

Go, Forrest, go!

[@bluetoll]

American education system at its best, just catching up to 1980 and the first powered locomotives came from the UK.

[@bradstrains]

@1998ChevroletS10 Those gevos don't have 6000 hp theses are AC6000cw's.

[@blainebauman7786]

If they are 6000 HP they may be an export version of an AC6000

[@sceu25]

Why do they have gevo cabs

[@compteck7]

How do you figure you gave them the education and culture????

[@LUNITICWILL]

was that weight just over 99 thousand tons or 99 thousand pounds

[@jamesmorrow4077]

This really bugs me, they were SO CLOSE to 100,000 tonnes! SO CLOSE!

[@wellknownmyth]

I totally agree my friend.

[@Boss302fan]

That statistic doesn't mean much. It's not "length" that's a factor, but trailing tonnage. Car capacity back in the Big Boy days is much less than it is today. 50 ton cars were common then. Not saying they were not incredible machines. They were. But measuring pulling power in train length doesn't prove much of a point.

[@southernpennsyrailfan8579]

0:50. You can thank general electric for that sir