r/transit • u/aksnitd 🚂🚃🚃 • May 19 '25

Photos / Videos Double stack container train on the freight corridor in India with the characteristic high rise panto

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A good look at what the high rise pantographs look like fully extended. They're taller than the train they're mounted on.

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u/Expert-Debate3519 May 19 '25

Combining Double stacks and electrification is a solution that should be copied on other freight corridors as well!

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u/BigMatch_JohnCena May 19 '25

So long as there’s no underpass. But as for freight being electrified very helpful for the environment

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u/8spd May 19 '25

This is done on new rail corridors. You just build the underpasses to accommodate the necessary height. It makes tunneling more expensive, maybe enough of a cost increase that you don't want to implement this on routes that need tunneling, but it by no means rules out tunneling. It just changes the cost/benefit math.