South Africa claims 7.6 kilometer-long freight train is the longest ever

South Africa may have set a new world record with a freight train stretching an astonishing 7.6 kilometres, that’s 4.7 miles longState-owned transport giant Transnet says the train, made up of 696 wagons, completed a test run on October 18.The massive convoy travelled 860 kilometres, from Saldanha Bay on the west coast to an iron ore mine inland.