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TIL the longest freight train ever was 7.353 km (4.57 miles) long. It consisted of 682 ore cars pushed by 8 powerful diesel-electric locomotives. On 6/21/2001, the train travelled 275 km (171 miles). The train was also the heaviest ever, weighing 99,732.1 metric tonnes. It had 5,648 wheels.

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