286 Loaded Ore Wagons Derailed to Stop a Runaway Train

[pware]

A fully loaded ore train of 268 wagons on a runaway train was derailed in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia by train controllers 1,500 km away. The train was not under remote control at the time.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11...y-bhp-iron-ore-train-derailment-site/10469802

268 wagons would be a major cleanup mess.

 

[trainfan2017]

About 240 wagons in the dirt, the first 2 locos and about 20 wagons derailed but were upright. The rest stacked up side by side on top of each other too.

 

[cascaderailroad]

A 68 mph intentional pileup crash must have been a spectacular scene to watch from a distance