hokie71 posted:His question is "what is the longest train" and I typically show him some YouTube of an ore train in Australia with a ton of the same ore cars. Now we have a local one he can relate to.
Hokie, now I know what you mean. Yes, the CSX trains are getting longer and longer as the month's are going by. Some I've heard 290+. Now that's to long for a train with no DPU's in the middle or rear and just units up front. There's a Q561 I believe that comes from Cleveland to KY that runs 11,000 feet + long and has over 250+ and I've heard 300+. That's ridiculous.