"I had to prove myself as a woman”

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Tourism — SBS Korrespondent Katharina Loesche im Studio mit Stefanie Fröhlich Source: K.Loesche

She drives daily with 16,000hp! Stefanie Froehlich is a conductress in the Australian outback.

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Published 25 May 2018 2:26pm

Updated 25 May 2018 2:34pm

By Katharina Loesche

Source: SBS

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She drives daily with 16,000hp! Stefanie Froehlich is a conductress in the Australian outback.

From the iron ore mine in Yandi to Port Hedland, she steers one of the longest freight trains in the world over 400km - and all by herself. With our SBS correspondent Katharina Loesche, Stefanie Froehlich talks about living and working in the Queensland mine, how she had to prove herself as a woman and about the loneliness that comes with this job.