Driverless ore trains of Australia

[skinner75]

I came across this while surfing Youtube yesterday - impressive stuff! Makes sense with the distances involved, and that the line is freight only. 

Some amount of wagons being hauled for sure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf5iBbmas2w

[Bob229]

A proper freight train

[Noel]

2 hours ago, skinner75 said:

I came across this while surfing Youtube yesterday - impressive stuff! Makes sense with the distances involved, and that the line is freight only. 

Some amount of wagons being hauled for sure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf5iBbmas2w

Impressive however, not sure it makes financial sense, you could employ a hundreds of drivers, house and transport them for a tiny fraction of $1.3bn for the next 50 years.

[DJ Dangerous]

A little piece on the BBC today, not specifically about the trains, but scrutinising the autonomy itself.

[Broithe]

50 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

A little piece on the BBC today, not specifically about the trains, but scrutinising the autonomy itself.

There was one of these up along the Welsh coast earlier today.

https://windracers.com/drones/