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three 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) locomotives hauling ninety ore cars. When loaded, they carried a total of 10,530 long tons (11,794 short tons; 10,699 t) of ore. As at 1980, the maximum tonnage of ore carried was 13,000,000 long tons (14,560,000 short tons; 13,208,610 t) per annum, and the rolling stock fleet comprised 14 locomotives and 510 ore cars.
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