Article: Rail freight record broken

[ozbob]

Rail freight record broken

SCT Logistics has achieved a record in the Australian rail industry, with a 6,000-tonne freight train leaving Parkes (NSW) for Perth.

A general freight train departed from Parkes NSW destined for Perth WA with a trailing weight of 6,000 tonnes, a feat never before achieved for a general freight train on the defined interstate rail network. To understand the scale of this, in comparison it would take 87 B-Double trucks to move an equivalent amount of freight via road.

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[Mozz]

Would be interesting to see the actual economics associated with difference between rail and road, even on this single instance.