Countdown to Swiss record attempt: assembling a 1.91-kilometre train

RhB Capricorn train set seen in the area around Davos. 2020, RhB

In precisely ten days, Swiss operator Rhaetian Railway (RhB) will attempt to run the longest passenger train ever assembled. In this first part of a two-part series on the record attempt, RailTech.com puts the spot light on the train itself.

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Author: Jelmer Bastiaans & Nick Augusteijn

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