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BHP to trial battery trains

Putting battery-electric locomotives from two different suppliers to the test.

Noel Dyson
BHP is looking to phase out its diesel locomotives and replace them with battery-electric options.

BHP is looking to phase out its diesel locomotives and replace them with battery-electric options.

Unlike the others it is testing the offerings of two suppliers, trialling two Wabtec FLXdrive locomotives and two EMD Joule engines from Caterpillar subsidiary Progress Rail. Roy Hill and Rio Tinto are...

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