BHP Iron Ore Sets the World Record for Longest, Heaviest Freight Train
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCEConfirmed by Guinness World Records[3], which credits BHP Iron Ore with running the record 7.353km train from the Newman/Yandi mines to Port Hedland on 21 June 2001.
On June 21, 2001, BHP Iron Ore assembled and ran a 7.353km, 682-wagon iron ore train from its Pilbara mines to Port Hedland, still the longest and heaviest train ever operated.
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