Drivin' that train
2012-07-12 21:46:16.4672+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
Australian iron ore railroad setting up for driverless ("engineer-less"?) operations.
Forming a key part of Rio Tinto's AutoHaul project, the larger contract worth A$317·5m covers the development and delivery of an automated train management system for the 1 500 km network. Ansaldo STS says the first large-scale deployment of driverless heavy haul trains in the world will provide a significant enhancement in ‘flexibility and capacity’.