Australia BHP Billiton Railroad Longest Freight train In The World

Aunt Marg said:
I came across an article that mentioned that some trains can be seen from outer space, because they're so long.

Must take several miles for a train of this length and size to come to a stop?
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Auntie M Good marnin to ya. Now that I know that I'm gonna go to NASA astronaut school and become the ISS train tracker guy. To heck with space and tang research. Trains, trains trains. Choo choo.
 

FastTrax said:
Auntie M Good marnin to ya. Now that I know that I'm gonna go to NASA astronaut school and become the ISS train tracker guy. To heck with space and tang research. Trains, trains trains. Choo choo.
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ROFLMAO!

Good marnin to ya, too, Fast! :)

I love your idea, now you just have to come up with some sort of a fancy aircraft/spacecraft that will enable you to navigate space without having to rely on anyone else.

"Space, the final frontier, these are the voyages of the FastTrax Ship Enterprise". :)

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Aunt Marg said:
ROFLMAO!

Good marnin to ya, too, Fast! :)

I love your idea, now you just have to come up with some sort of a fancy aircraft/spacecraft that will enable you to navigate space without having to rely on anyone else.

"Space, the final frontier, these are the voyages of the FastTrax Ship Enterprise". :)

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Ha ha ha, love it. That's the Jetsons air car right? No it can't be, only one seat and Mr. Jetson, Mrs. Jetson, that dumb electric dog, their two kids and the electric maid. Wouldn't work.
 
FastTrax said:
Ha ha ha, love it. That's the Jetsons air car right? No it can't be, only one seat and Mr. Jetson, Mrs. Jetson, that dumb electric dog, their two kids and the electric maid. Wouldn't work.
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The image I posted wasn't the Jetson's version, as I was looking to save you money (LOL), but if you insist...

You'll be stylin' in this craft!

George FastTrax! :giggle:

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Lewkat said:
Wow, I'd go nuts at a crossing if I had to sit in my car and wait for this one to pass by.
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I feel your pain Lewkat. But what used to crack me up is in the 70's when my neighbors would complain to me about how long they had to wait for long freights. Twenty cars you say? Now that's terrible. Now with these 1.5 mile long monster Trans-con stack trains tooling along at 70 mph then having a coupler or airbrake hose break, well folks take an hours nap and we'll get back to you. Especially in the desert where the nearest alternate grade crossing is a good 20 miles a yonder.
 
peramangkelder said:
'Mt Goldsworthy' sure is a whopper of a freight train
Huz and I have had to wait for freight trains before but never one this long šŸ˜³
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Yes it is a big one. Now BHP is going head to head with that South African train. I saw a couple of the GE AC6000CW's that BHP either purchased from GE itself or was an aftermarket purchase from one the American Class 1's. Those massive air intakes were actually reconfigured and mad the AC resemble the flying nun's hat image much more pronounced then it already was.
 
My father was a railway man, and he used to get a free trip for his family from Sydney to Melbourne. This was back in the 50's. We loved the steam trains and the smell of the smoke. We had to get off the train usually about 12 o'clock at night to change trains at Albury because the gauge from Albury to Melbourne was different. It usually took about 12 hours to complete the journey.
 

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