VASUKI : Indian Railway's Longest Freight Train

👉Indian Railway's South Eastern central Railway(SECR) zone has created another record when it operated the longest freight train on the Indian Railways Network.

👉SECR Raipur division for the first time amalgamated five rakes of freight coaches from Bhilai D Cabin till korba which falls under the Bilaspur division, according to a statement by the Railways.

👉SECR zone in Chhattisgarh breaks its own previous record by successfully operating the longest ever freight train by amalgamating five rakes of goods trains as one unit of around 3.5 km. Named as VASUKI , it covered the distance of 224km between the railway stations of Bhilai and Korba and took about seven hours.

👉The VASUKI comprising of 300 wagons of long haul rake of five goods trains,ran with the help of one pilot, one assistant loco pilot and a guard.

👉The nation's most profitable railways zone SECR had earlier operated 177 loaded wagons "Super Anaconda" of 2 km long freight train on 29 june 2020, then connecting three goods trains using the latest technology of distributed power control system.

👉SECR also successfully operated another trial "Shesh naag" of 251 empty wagons with four electric locomotives that traveled a distance of 260 km from nagpur to bilaspur.

👉Under the given application of technology, the leading diesel loco engine controlled the entire train along with the simultaneous functioning of the rear loco through electronic transmission while running on the rail network.