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Old 6th Nov 2018, 20:32
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At least we know the autopilot works …

"BHP has suspended all rail operations in Western Australia after a runaway train laden with iron ore travelled 92km with no one on board before it was deliberately derailed. The driver of the 2km-long BHP-operated train stepped out of the locomotive early on Monday to inspect an issue with one of its 268 wagons and it took off without him. It hurtled along the company’s Newman to Port Hedland line in the remote Pilbara region for about 50 minutes until it was deliberately derailed at a set of points near Turner, about 120km south of the port town. The action was taken by a remote control centre more than 1,500km away in Perth."

Hmm. I could use a way like that, to turn off my (insert name here).
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