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« on: June 03, 2023, 07:09:48 »
Just every so often, something crops up that I look at and think "where do I post that"?   Not passenger travel, not in the South West of England, not even in England - but I found it of interest.  Not a preservation or re-opening candidate, nor something to go and see on a day out.

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« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2023, 09:49:10 »
I've done work for Subsea 7 but had never heard of this. They're present in oil and gas fields as well as offshore wind farm* areas worldwide, so it's possible they have something similar elsewhere.

*My guess for the longest object to travel on a railway would have been a wind turbine blade. So wrong!
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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2023, 18:48:32 »
Quote from: Bmblbzzz on June 03, 2023, 09:49:10
I've done work for Subsea 7 but had never heard of this. They're present in oil and gas fields as well as offshore wind farm* areas worldwide, so it's possible they have something similar elsewhere.

*My guess for the longest object to travel on a railway would have been a wind turbine blade. So wrong!
216m lengths of long welded rail on a delivery train would trump wind turbine blades, and probably be much more frequent?

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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2023, 21:48:04 »
Quote from: paul7575 on June 03, 2023, 18:48:32
Quote from: Bmblbzzz on June 03, 2023, 09:49:10
I've done work for Subsea 7 but had never heard of this. They're present in oil and gas fields as well as offshore wind farm* areas worldwide, so it's possible they have something similar elsewhere.

*My guess for the longest object to travel on a railway would have been a wind turbine blade. So wrong!
216m lengths of long welded rail on a delivery train would trump wind turbine blades, and probably be much more frequent?

Paul

That looks a good bet for the longest thing to travel on a railway in the accepted sense of "travel on a railway". Many large machines include wheels running on rails as part of their load-bearing structure, but would you describe such as a dockside or factory crane, boat lift, or radio telescope as "travelling on a railway"?
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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2023, 22:00:09 »
I reckon 7.5km of train (train of welded pipes) beats any multi-locomotive iron ore train in Western Australia, which are certainly the heaviest.
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