AUSTRALIA — A train carrying a bunch of iron ore in Australia took off without its driver, and then ran away for 57 miles before being derailed.<br /><br />The driver had gotten off the locomotive to check something out when the train decided it was leaving — without him, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.<br /><br />The BHP freight train then took off at 45 mph down the track with no one on board for about 50 minutes. <br /><br />According to the BBC, the train was originally scheduled to go from Newman mine to Port Hedland, but unfortunately had to be deliberately derailed at around 5:30 a.m. local time. <br /><br />The train was derailed by a remote control center in Perth.<br /><br />About a mile of railroad track was completely destroyed because of the derailment.<br /><br />The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said they have begun an investigation to find out what caused the train to take off on its own.
