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Monday 5 November 2018

BHP suspends WA rail operations after train travels 92km with no driver

Train hurtled along Newman to Port Hedland line in Pilbara region for 50 minutes until it was deliberately derailed

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.

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