Aurizon Ballast Cleaning

Owning and operating one of the world’s largest coal rail networks, Aurizon links more than 50 mines with three major ports across Queensland. Comprehensive track maintenance is required to ensure the network is safe, efficient and maintained in top condition. Ballast cleaning is a crucial part of maintaining a rail network and is vital in ensuring the safe, reliable and efficient delivery of coal from mine to port. The Aurizon RM 900 is the largest ballast cleaning consist in the southern hemisphere and the only consist of its size operating on narrow-gauge track. At over 800 metres long, with an overall mass close to 1600 tonnes, the RM 900 can cover up to one and a half kilometres in a 24 period - processing up to 900 cubic meters of ballast every hour.