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Rio's train dream realised at 7 Mile

RIO Tinto has celebrated the successful deployment of its Autohaul software on all trains on its 1700km long iron ore rail network in Western Australia's Pilbara.

 The opening of Rio's Autohaul program

The opening of Rio's Autohaul program

The miner's $940 million Autohaul program is the first fully automated and long-distance heavy haul rail network to be deployed in the world. The software allows Rio Tinto's estimated fleet of 200 locomotives...

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