Protestor stops coal train in Australia

9.6.11
A Green­peace activist had halt­ed a Hunter Val­ley coal train by bolt­ing a steel box to the lines and lock­ing him­self inside.

The bright yel­low met­al box which is paint­ed with “pol­lu­tion tax col­lec­tion point” con­tains Green­peace activist Erland How­den, the ABC reports.

9.6.11
A Green­peace activist had halt­ed a Hunter Val­ley coal train by bolt­ing a steel box to the lines and lock­ing him­self inside.

The bright yel­low met­al box which is paint­ed with “pol­lu­tion tax col­lec­tion point” con­tains Green­peace activist Erland How­den, the ABC reports.

The box stopped a coal train leav­ing BHP Billiton’s Mt Arthur coal mine, which man­aged to halt just 70 metres before it.

The box mea­sures 1.5 metres by 2.5 metres and is bolt­ed to rail line from the inside.

Accord­ing to the ABC, How­den said he is ready to stay inside the box for the next three days.

The move is part of a wider Green­peace protest against min­ing indus­try attempts to halt the car­bon tax. Pro­mo video