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Subscriber only The Big Pineapple train has been derailed and has crashed into a fence after a man allegedly took the Coast icon on a drunken joy ride. Police charged a 22-year-old Mount Coolum man after he allegedly derailed the famous train and four of its carriages on Saturday. It s understood the loco was in its storage tunnel at the Nambour site when a group of people allegedly decided to embark on the illegal journey about 2.30pm. A 22-year-old man has been charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle after allegedly taking the Big Pineapple train on a joy ride.