We'll talk about India's longest train. The longest train doesn't mean which train travels the most distance. Or travel very far because everyone knows that India's longest train is Vivek express which goes from Dibrugarh to KanyakumariHere we'll talk about India's physically the largest train. That is whose length is, the largest. That train's name is Sheshnag which was started on 2 July 2020and is India's largest-ever goods train. Let's discuss how was this started & the biggest question.
If this train was started, then what is the problem in increasing other trains' length? What maximum length can we take a train up to? If we can do, then why short trains are run? We'll discuss all answers to the questions in the video. We'll also discuss the cobra quiz at the end. I am Gaurav and you are watching The Curious Cobra. Subscribe to the channel and press the bell icon to watch such interesting videos at the earliest. South-East railway's from Nagpur to Korba station, Sheshnag train was started on 2 July 2020 which we'll talk about India's longest train.
The longest train doesn't mean which train travels the most distance. Or travel very far because everyone knows that India's longest train is Vivek express which goes from Dibrugarh to KanyakumariHere we'll talk about India's physically the largest train. That is, whose length is the largest. That train's name is Sheshnag which was started on 2 July 2020and is India's largest-ever goods train. Let's discuss how was this started & the biggest question
If this train was started, then what is the problem in increasing other trains' length? What maximum length can we take a train up to? If we can do, then why short trains are run? We'll discuss all answers to the questions in the video. We'll also discuss the cobra quiz at the end. I am Gaurav and you are watching The Curious Cobra. Subscribe to the channel and press the bell icon to watch such interesting videos at the earliest. South-East railway's from Nags, a goods train. Its length was 2.8 KmsTalking about comparison, normal goods train is about 700 meters. So this train was 4 times longer than normal trains& was made by attaching exactly 4 goods train. There was a total of 9 electromotive puts in this train.
The train had 251 boxes and wagon i.e; boxes were there which were empty and was taken for loading of coal. Train's maximum speed was 80 mph and the average speed was 65 mph. Now, these 9 electromotive weren't attached altogether in the front.3 locos were out in front and the remaining 6 locos were placed in sets of 2 at equal distance. Earlier too in these kinds of arrangement, railways had run a long train with diesel locos. But even then, all locomotives from the main leading locomotive was controlled remotely. It was not the case in these electric locomotives.
A loco pilot was seated in every locomotive who with leading locomotive's synchronization increased and decreased speed accordingly. If the leading loco pilot is decreasing the speed, then they also estimate & decrease the speed. If speed is increased, they also increase the speed. So looking at it overall, it wasn't an efficient practice. It took more loco and loco pilots. Work went inefficiently, saved was only time because 4 trains reached 260 km together in a single path.
But that is too empty. It was a trial that was completed successfully and just before this on 30th June, railways ran a train named Super Anaconda which was of 177 wagons. This train was loaded and15,000 tonnes of material was taken from one single train. Sheshnag has made a record of the biggest train in India. Because 2.8 km is a very large length.
Now a question arises what was difficult in it? Why can't we increase all train's length? The biggest problem in running long trains is to stop them. India's all stabling lines, loop lines, length of platforms around 700 metres according to the trains. Maximum trains can be stopped at 700 meters in these loop lines. If trains are larger than this, they would go out of the station's loop lines. Trains can't be stopped anywhere at the side. Now if this 2.8 km long train is stopped anywhere then the whole path will be blocked.
Therefore, it has to be moving for containers and it can't be stopped. And no trains can cross and pass it. Therefore, this trial was easily successful during the lockdown. Because ways were clear and no trains had to be stopped for its way. Now another technical problem in running long trains is active efforts that are pulling force. The coupler is different in coaches & wagons which couples and attaches one coach to another. The locomotive puts the pulling force is transferred by this coupler from one coach to another. But this coupler has a bearing limit & capacity. They can't bear pulling force after a limit. Therefore we can't have train's length after a limit.
To solve this, trains like Sheshnag and others have distributive locomotives was installed. Instead of putting all the locomotives in front, they are installed in between.....
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