The heavy-haul rail industry has long been dominated by diesel. But the sector is now exploring new alternatives, as David Burroughs reports from the International Heavy Haul Association conference in Rio de Janeiro.
The long road to decarbonisation
The heavy-haul rail industry has long been dominated by diesel. But the sector is now exploring new alternatives, as David Burroughs reports from the International Heavy Haul Association conference in Rio de Janeiro.
Aurizon plans to use an electric locomotive coupled with a hydrogen electric tender (HET) to decarbonise it’s longest hauls from Broken Hill in New South Wales to Kwinana near Perth. Photo: Aurizon
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