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Ever been inside a battery-electric locomotive? 👀🚆⚡
Rail Transport Technician Evan takes us into the cab for a behind-the-scenes look at the technology being tested in the Pilbara.
From regenerative braking to what it’s actually like behind the controls, Evan breaks down what makes it different from traditional diesel rail.
#Decarbonisation #BHP #BatteryElectricLoco
Transcript
Hi, everybody. My name's Evan, and I hear you wanna come and have a look inside of my locomotive. Come in. Watch your head. This is what I like to call my cockpit, where I sit sit and operate the locomotive from. You'll notice I call it a locomotive because that's what it is. It doesn't become a train until it's attached to at least a single oil car. Over here, this is what's known as, the vigilant or as people like to call it, the dead man's switch. So I need to hit that roughly every tier. Otherwise, the brakes will go on. When the brakes go on, the lights come on, the can't drain comes to a screaming halt. Not a good look. This is the bit that makes a little bit different to a battery electric lighto. So going down hills, I take dynamic, and, while I'm in dynamic braking, which retards the, the weight of the train, that's where I get my recharge for my batteries from. So the longer I'm in the dyno, the bigger the recharge for our batteries. And that's pretty much what it looks like in the cab of a locomotive.