Abstract: A rail loading train for transporting as well as loading and unloading long rails includes a loading car with a frame which is supported on undercarriages for movement in an operating direction. Mounted on the frame of each loading car are a plurality of spaced rail supports for carrying the long rails. Each rail support includes a shaft which is swingably mounted at one end to a column and is shiftable between an idle position in which the shaft extends longitudinally in direction of the track and a receiving position in which the shaft extends across the frame. The shaft is provided with a number of neighboring pairs of flange rollers, with each flange roller having at least one end provided with a flange.