FASCINATING FACTS : LONGEST STRAIGHT SECTION OF RAILWAY IN THE WORLD : (478-kilometre)

 

LONGEST STRAIGHT SECTION OF RAILWAY 

IN THE WORLD

Trains on the Trans Australian Railway

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The Trans Australian Railway runs from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia across the Nullarbor Plain. The railway is Standard Gauge 1.435 Meters (4 ft 8 1/2 inches). The line includes a 478-kilometre (297 mi) stretch of dead-straight track which is the world's longest. Today's video features a few trains on the railway in South Australia including the 49-year-old "Indian Pacific" and 90-year-old "The Ghan" passenger services on the longest straight session of track.

 

Trains Featured:

 

First up we have SCT Logistics Freight 7GP1 from Parkes to Perth approaching Ferguson with SCT013 & SCT009 on the 7th of October 2018.

 

02:25 - Genesee & Wyoming Australia Freight 7DA2 from Darwin to Adelaide powers towards the Coondambo overpass with GWA010/GWA006 on the 7th of October 2018.

 

04:00 - ARTC loaded Ballast Train 8M21s approaches Mcleay with ALF23 & ALF19 with the crew van in between. This service is hook & pulled by Genesee & Wyoming Australia. The train is set to take the loop to cross 6PM6 on the 2nd of December 2018.

 

05:40 - The second to last Ghan of 2018 rockets through the Outback just north of Bookaloo with NR74/NR109 on the 2nd of December 2018.

 

06:40 - NR86 hauls the Indian Pacific along the longest straight section of railway in the world on the 8th of February 2019. The Nullarbor Plain is meant to be very flat however on the approach to Watson (Between Tarcoola & Cook) a small valley has formed which has created a steep climb at either end.

 

07:50 - Pacific National Intermodal 5PS6 crosses Pacific National loaded Steel Train 5MP2 (NR108/NR4) at Wynbring on the 8th of February 2019.

 

12:30 - Pacific National 5SP5 is seen just west of Tarcoola with NR5/NR37 on the 8th of February 2019.

 

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