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Third driverless Rio Tinto train derails in less than a year

Investigations are underway into the cause of the derailment near Karratha

Rio Tinto train heading to Dampier. Credit: Karma Barndon.

Rio Tinto train heading to Dampier. Credit: Karma Barndon.

A driverless Rio Tinto train has come off the tracks in Western Australia for the third time in the past 11 months, this time after colliding with a set of stationary wagons about 80km outside of Karratha.  ...

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