China's largest freight train per load capacity completes test run

China's freight train 55066 with a record load capacity of 32,400 metric tons successfully completes a trial run along the Shuozhou-Huanghua railway in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, April 20, 2024. (Photo/China News Service)

(ENCS) -- China's freight train 55066 with a record load capacity of 32,400 metric tons successfully completed a trial run along the Shuozhou-Huanghua railway on Saturday.

Consisting of 324 carriages, the formation is hauled by four high power alternating current electric locomotives and has a total length of 4,088 meters.

With a total length of 594 kilometers, the Shuozhou-Huanghua railway, connecting Shenchi County in north China's Shanxi Province and Huanghua Port in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, is China's second largest coal transport channel.

The number of freight trains with a load capacity of 20,000 metric tons along the Shuozhou-Huanghua railway has exceeded 100,000 journeys, transporting more than 1.1 billion tons of coal since 2016.

The test run will play a positive role in improving the transportation capacity and exploring heavy-duty transportation technology.