The two machines are expected to save 1 million litres of diesel each year
The new locomotives were unveiled at Fortescue's rolling stock maintenance yard in the Pilbara. | Credits: Australia's Mining Monthly/Oliver Gray
Despite the hot Pilbara sun, it was all pomp and pride at Fortescue's rolling stock maintenance yard on Thursday as the iron ore giant at last unveiled its two long-awaited battery-electric locomotives....
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