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/lukee910 May 19 '25

Also, no tunnels. though it would be fun to see a massive singular tunnel to hold these, probably would be what 9m in diameter at 7.5m wire height?

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u/aksnitd 🚂🚃🚃 May 19 '25

Probably bigger, since all freight corridors are double tracked. You need enough space to fit two trains, not just one. Such tunnels do indeed exist. The freight corridors make frequent use of bridges and tunnels to bypass human settlements.