This photo taken on April 20, 2024 shows a freight train with load capacity exceeding 30,000 tonnes ready to pull out at Suning North Railway Station in Cangzhou City, north China's Hebei Province. This freight train, with the heaviest load capacity so far in China, completed a test run on Saturday along the Shuozhou-Huanghua Railway. (Xinhua)
SHIJIAZHUANG, April 20 (Xinhua) -- A freight train with load capacity exceeding 30,000 tonnes, which is the heaviest so far in China, completed a test run on Saturday on the Shuozhou-Huanghua Railway.
Hauled by four electric locomotives, the freight train consists of 324 carriages, with a total length of 4,088 meters and a total load of 32,400 tonnes, setting new records for both the longest formation and the largest load capacity in China.
The Shuozhou-Huanghua Railway, linking the coal base of Shanxi Province and the Huanghua Port in Hebei Province, is China's second-largest channel for coal transport.
The test train ran from Cangzhou City in Hebei to Huanghua Port. ■
