The Ghan is The World's Longest Train

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bowmore said:
It is not the world's longest. I rode the Trans Siberian Express from Moscow to Vladivostok. It is the longest railway line in the world, with a length of over 9,289 kilometres (5,772 miles), stretching from Moscow, the capital of Russia and the largest city entirely within Europe, to Vladivostok, which is situated along the Sea of Japan
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Yes, there are longer railway lines. The "longest" claim refers to the train itself. At times, the Ghan has been more than a kilometer in length. That makes it the longest *passenger* train.

Some freight trains are 3 kilometers long.
 
NorthernLight said:
Yes, there are longer railway lines. The "longest" claim refers to the train itself. At times, the Ghan has been more than a kilometer in length. That makes it the longest *passenger* train.

Some freight trains are 3 kilometers long.
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Thanks NorthernLight. I hope this satisfies him.

www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/601741-longest-passenger-train-in-scheduled-service

www.discoveryuk.com/building-big/the-longest-trains-in-the-world-ever/






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hollydolly said:
there's nothing much I would like more than to travel across Canada by train...wow.. ..I've seen so many videos of the beauty of the scenery by train IN Canada.. I wish I could do it..
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hollydolly I have started this thread so I wouldn't hijack the choo choo steam train thread on the other forum. This will post as many of the Canadian railroads as I can research before this hurricane hits Florida. CN is next so stay tuned.
 
hollydolly said:
there's nothing much I would like more than to travel across Canada by train...wow.. ..I've seen so many videos of the beauty of the scenery by train IN Canada.. I wish I could do it..
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You got the life bowmore.

BTW how is that engine restoration project going?
 
My most memorable train ride was back in 78' (age 18) while stationed in Panama, myself and a Panamanian lady friend at the time rode the train from Panama City to Colon on the other side of the canal, spent the weekend and returned.

The best I can remember the trip took around an hour or so each way in a open air train and was memorable to me because I remember that the thick jungle grew right up to the tracks......it almost seemed like we were going through a tunnel most of the way.

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That's a serious ride. Did you ever see the Canal trains? I think I did a piece on it.
 
Yes FastTrax and what amazed me was how tight the ships are to the locks when being pulled through and how long it takes to slowly get them through the canal from beginning to end.

The gal that I was seeing / dating down there was 1/2 Panamanian and 1/2 American (absolutely gorgeous) and her dad had been working down there for several years on the canal itself as a supervisor and I got a closeup tour of the canal and how it operated and the mules, as he called them, that actually pull the ships through the locks......interesting.mule.jpg
 
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