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Unmanned freight train travels 84km in India after engineers forget brakes, reaching close to 100km/hr..
An unattended freight train travelled 84km with no one at the controls from Jammu to Punjab early on Sunday after both its engineers forgot to engage the brakes when they halted at Kathua station, ostensibly for tea.I)..
No one was injured as railway officials sounded an alarm and cleared the tracks on the way while also closing off all rail crossings over roughly two panic-filled hours, as experts said the train should have been stopped much sooner..
A Northern Railway spokesperson did not respond to requests for a comment but a senior official in Delhi, who asked not to be named, said all track points were set in directions to ensure the train did not derail or collide with any other..
Railway staff placed stones and wooden blocks on the tracks to try to slow the good train down, but it was eventually an uphill gradient and some sand bags that were strategically placed near Unchi Bassi railway station that helped, this person added..
