Runaway mining train travels 90 kilometres without driver

Runaway mining train travels 90 kilometres without driver

6 years ago
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https://phys.org/news/2018-11-runaway-kilometres-driver.html

Mining giant BHP, which owns the four-locomotive train, decided to derail before it reached the town of Port Hedland near its Western Australia Pilbara site, and flicked the points.

The train crashed off the rails, damaging around 1,500 metres (1,600 yards) of tracks, but hurting no one.