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Would have been cheaper to have a Driver or two on-board ...Mining giant Rio Tinto is investigating a serious train collision on its rail network in Western Australia.
One of its autonomous trains smashed into a set of stationary wagons about 80km from Karratha in the state’s Pilbara region just after midnight on Monday.
The company confirmed no one was injured in the smash but three locomotives and 22 wagons were impacted.
“We have notified the appropriate regulators and commenced an investigation,” a spokesman said.
“Work will soon begin to clear the rail line.”
The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator is also looking into the collision.
“The recovery train is reported to have collided with the ore train it was sent to recover, after it was disabled by a mechanical failure,” a spokesman said.
“Three locomotives and 20 wagons were derailed...
Monday’s collision is the second smash up to hit the company this year.
In February, one of its autonomous trains derailed about 120km from Dampier port, impacting 38 wagons.
