Paul corrected me on the record-breaking train:

Hello Jon

The new record is 147 wagons hauled by two Kato EF510 locomotives. It took 3min 32sec for the train to pass the camera, total length 54 feet 8 inches. In real life, this is equivalent to 8,200 feet or 1.55 miles.

I still have more Japanese wagons, so this record could be broken on a yet larger circuit at some point in the future.

The attached video file is rather large – 155.08MB – but it shows the entire train from start to finish!

Kind regards

Paul

So here’s the video to confirm the occasion!