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South Africa claims 7.6 kilometer-long freight train is the longest ever

South Africa claims a 7.6 kilometer-long freight train is the longest ever, according to Africanews .

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South Africa claims a 7.6 kilometer-long freight train is the longest ever, according to Africanews .

The claim, as reported by Africanews, is for a freight train .

BBC News — World carried no confirmation of the claim in today's intake .

The stakes are in the measure the claim itself rests on: the length of the freight train .

What is known is the claimed length and that the train is a freight train; what is not yet known, from the report in today's bundle, is any independent confirmation of the record .

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