The Heaviest Railroad Train

The Heaviest Railroad Train

A locomotive of the Pennsylvania railway recently drew a train about three-quarters of a mile long, made up of 180 loaded coal cars, from Altona to Harrisburg, 132 miles in twelve hours. The weight of the train behind the tender was 5,212 tons, the locomotive weighing 104 tons. This is said to have been the heaviest train ever moved a long distance by a single locomotive.