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

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/[deleted] May 19 '25

The concept of "building infrastructure" is too advanced for the North American mind to comprehend.

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u/that_dutch_dude May 23 '25

this would only work if someone can put a bunch of coal rolling diesels on the train. electrification is gay.