Date: 25/04/2013

Half mile long ^supertrains^ - the longest ever - are planned for Scotland as part of an expansion of the Mossend freight railhead in Lanarkshire by operator PDS.
The firm is to lodge plans this summer for a siding long enough to accommodate 770-metre freight trains, compared to the 600m longest trains at the moment.
Britain^s longest passenger train, the 16-carriage Caledonian Sleeper, is a quarter of a mile long, or some 400m.

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A class 37 brings a freight into the south end of Mossend yard in the summer of 1996.
Location: Mossend No 1 Junction
Company: Wishaw and Coltness Railway
01/07/1996 John Furnevel

View south over a busy looking Mossend Yard on 29 October 1991.
Location: Mossend Marshalling Yard
Company: Wishaw and Coltness Railway
29/10/1991 Bill Roberton

A class 47 at the head of a rake in Mossend yard during a sunny evening in 1989. The Chivas tanks (first two vehicles) are probably destined for Keith.
Location: Mossend Marshalling Yard
Company: Wishaw and Coltness Railway
//1989 Ewan Crawford

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