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unusual facts about Heaviest trains


Heaviest trains

The heaviest trains in Finland weigh approximately 5,400 tonnes and carry iron ore pellets (taconite) from the mines and processing plant in Kostomuksha, Russia.


C-AKv coupler

Beginning in late 2009, eighteen DBAG Class 189 electric locomotives owned by DB Schenker were converted to C-AKv couplers, in order to handle 6,000 tonne iron ore trains from Rotterdam to the steel works at Dillingen in the Saarland, replacing the previous German class 151 double units and Dutch class 6400 triple units commonly used on these workings previously.


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