Driver-less goods train with 53-wagons covers 70 km between J&K and Punjab. Know why and how it happened
In a scarest situtation on Sunday, a freight train pulled by a diesel locomotive traveled over 70 kilometers from Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir to a village in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district without its drivers, officials reported. Fortunately, there were no casualties or property damage. The incident occurred between 7:25 am and 9 am, prompting an immediate inquiry.
Loaded with chip stones, the 53-wagon train was en route from Jammu to Punjab when it stopped at Kathua railway station for a driver change. However, it began moving along the slope gradient track toward Jalandhar without its loco pilot and assistant loco pilot.
