"I had to prove myself as a woman”

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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.


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.
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...auf freier Strecke Source: K.Loesche
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...vor der Lokomotive Source: K.Loesche
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...in voller Montur Source: K.Loesche
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...unterm Regenbogen Source: K.Loesche

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