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  1. 6th November 2018, 06:37 AM #781
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    Runaway BHP train full of iron ore travels 92km without a driver before being deliberately derailed
    Runaway BHP train deliberately derailed near Port Hedland after travelling 92km with no driver - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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  2. 6th November 2018, 08:34 AM #782
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    says under the photo 200kmh ... how is that even possible ,
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  3. 6th November 2018, 08:42 AM #783
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    Quote Originally Posted by goingbush View Post
    says under the photo 200kmh ... how is that even possible ,
    Poor editing. An earlier version of the article stated 25 minutes to cover the 90 odd km. All results calculated on the iphone of the innumerate work experience editor? This is what you get from cutting funding to the ABC.
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    They’ve corrected the article now saying 50 minutes to cover the 90km. Someone did some actual math and fixed it. 😊
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  5. 6th November 2018, 11:52 AM #785
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    Runaway BHP train derailed after travelling 92km with no driver

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    Runaway BHP train derailed after travelling 92km with no driver

    Runaway BHP train derailed after travelling 92km with no driver | Australia news | The Guardian
    “At approximately 0440 on 5 November 2018, the driver of a loaded ore train consisting of four locomotives and 268 wagons stopped at the 211km point. The driver alighted from the locomotive to inspect an issue with a wagon,” it said in a report.

    “With no one on board, the train travelled for 92km until about 0505, when the train was deliberately derailed at a set of points operated by the control centre, about 119km from Port Hedland.”
    My guess is that the points were changed at 0505, then everyone stood well back and waited.
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  7. 6th November 2018, 01:12 PM #787
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    Definitely an 'Oops! ' moment for the driver. I imagine he might be redoing the 'How to stop a train' section of the training manual.
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  8. 6th November 2018, 01:29 PM #788
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    Excuse my ignorance on the technical details, but whenever I have watched anything to do with modern trains , they always emphasise the deadman switch . Was it disabled on this particular train ?
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  9. 6th November 2018, 04:15 PM #789
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    He forgot to use the wheel chocks.
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  10. 6th November 2018, 04:22 PM #790
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    It was downhill?
    Or did the remote controller push the joystick forwards at the wrong time?
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