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Automatic Train for Iron ore transportation in the mines

The Iron Ore of Canada mine in Labrador City uses 8 trains like this one that run on electricity and are remote controlled from inside an operation center. These trains have 20 cars that each car hold 100 tons of crude ore. These trains go 9 miles and bring the ore from the mines to the cusher and processing facility

Photographed by Rod Bushway, May 21, 2002.
Added to the photo archive by Rod Bushway, December 7, 2005.
Railroad: North Shore.

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