"I had to prove myself as a woman”

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She commands16,000hp! Stefanie Fröhlich is a Train Driver in the Australian outback.

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Published 23 August 2019 4:21pm

Updated 23 August 2019 4:24pm

By Katharina Loesche

Source: SBS

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She commands16,000hp! Stefanie Fröhlich is a Train Driver in the Australian outback.

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