The longest goods train of Indian Railways, seven engines are installed to pull - the longest freight train of Indian Railways has seven engines attached to pull it

Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Mandal (DDU Mandal) of East Central Railway set a new record on Thursday by successfully managing Rudra Shastra in the country. The freight train was 4.5 km long, prepared by adding 6 empty boxes and included a total of 354 wagons. 07 engines are installed for its power. Himanshu Tiwari Haidernagar (Palamu): A new chapter has been added to the history of Indian Railways. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Mandal (DDU Mandal) of East Central Railway set a new record on Thursday by successfully managing Rudra Shastra in the country. The goods train was 4.5 km long, prepared by adding 6 empty boxes and included a total of 354 wagons. 07 engines are installed for its power. Rudrastra left at 07:20 a.m. from Ganjkhwaja station on August 07 and took a distance of 200 km to Garhwa Road Station at an average speed of 40 km per hour in approximately 5 hours. During the Yatra, this goods train from Ganjkhwaja after Sonnagar ran on the dedicated cargo corridor and then on the general track of Indian Railways. This innovation of the DDU section is a large jump in the field of cargo. Generally, if these 6 rakes are exported separately, each one needs separate engine, crew and route. But like Rudra Shastra, a great saving of time, resources and routes was made by running it together. It will not only increase the speed and capacity of transport, but will also be able to provide more slots for operating other trains. The DDU section is the most important cargo transport center of East Central Railway, which offers time to the Dhanbad section for time for coal and other goods. Here they are prepared as a new rake after restoring the goods coaches and fitness controls. The successful operation of Ruddras, is an example of the technical efficiency, departmental coordination and innovation of the DDU section. This achievement will be a milestone in the future to give a new direction to the logistics capacity of Indian Railways.