Trains
Every Rio Tinto iron ore train consists of a maximum of 236 ore cars, with each car having a load capacity of up to 106 tonnes. Trains are up to 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) long and, fully loaded, weigh approximately 29,500 tonnes. The trains have an average cycle time of 28 hours.
The locomotives operated by the network are GE Dash 9 Series (of which there are 72), GE Evolution Series (of which there are 51) and GE Dash 8 Series (of which there are 5).
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