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Rail track infrastructure on Aurizon’s Central Queensland Coal Network

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An Aurizon coal train on the Central Queensland Coal Network, Australia

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modernize a battery-powered locomotive

06.06.2023

Progress Rail to modernize a battery-powered locomotive in Australia

The basis for the modernization will be the narrow-gauge locomotive GT42CU AC The work will be carried out upon the request of the freight carrier Aurizon, which expects the project to enable the locomotive to travel up to 400 km on a single charge and up to 850 km with an attached battery tender, as reported by the railway journal Railway Supply, citing Progress Rail.