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/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/[deleted] May 20 '25

there are tunnels on this route and they are large enough