2026年10月28日 - 格林尼治标准时间+1时间7:38 南非国有运输公司Transnet表示，该公司已测试了世界上最长的货运列车，长达7.6公里，由696节车厢组成。
28 October 2026 - 7:38 GMT+1 South Africa's state-owned transport company Transnet says it has tested the world's longest freight train, measuring 7.6 kilometres and made up of 696 wagons.
这列火车于10月18日完成了从该国西海岸萨尔达尼亚湾到内陆一座铁矿的860公里行程。在试运行期间，车厢处于空载状态。
The train completed an 860-kilometre journey from Saldanha Bay on the country's west coast to an inland iron ore mine on 18 October. The wagons were empty during the test run.
分布在列车各处的电力和内燃机车提供了推动这支庞大车队所需的动力。
Electric and diesel locomotives positioned along the train provided the power needed to move the massive convoy.
Transnet表示，这列火车超越了2001年由一列从西澳大利亚一处铁矿开往港口的4.5英里长货运列车创下的前纪录。
Transnet says the train surpasses the previous record set in 2001 by a 4.5-mile-long freight train travelling from an iron ore mine to a port in Western Australia.
该公司将此次行程誉为南非铁路货运网络的一个里程碑，尽管打破纪录的说法来自Transnet公司本身。s record
The company presented the journey as a milestone for South Africa's rail freight network, although the record claim comes from Transnet itself. s record