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Title: Longest thing ever to travel on a railway Post by: grahame 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.
From Roger Farnworth (https://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/05/11/caithness-double-track-narrow-gauge-line/) Quote Perhaps a more significant question might be what the longest thing ever to travel on a railway is ... Title: Re: Longest thing ever to travel on a railway Post by: 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! Title: Re: Longest thing ever to travel on a railway Post by: paul7575 on June 03, 2023, 18:48:32 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. 216m lengths of long welded rail on a delivery train would trump wind turbine blades, and probably be much more frequent?*My guess for the longest object to travel on a railway would have been a wind turbine blade. So wrong! Paul Title: Re: Longest thing ever to travel on a railway Post by: stuving on June 03, 2023, 21:48:04 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. 216m lengths of long welded rail on a delivery train would trump wind turbine blades, and probably be much more frequent?*My guess for the longest object to travel on a railway would have been a wind turbine blade. So wrong! 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"? Title: Re: Longest thing ever to travel on a railway Post by: Oxonhutch 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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