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Jan 19, 2021 · How a runaway train with a dead man's switch and a toxic payload caused chaos in Ohio in 2001. Learn how the train was stopped by a second engine and a team of brave engineers.
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CSX 8888 incident. The CSX 8888 incident, also known as the Crazy Eights incident, was a runaway train event involving a CSX Transportation freight train in the U.S. state of Ohio on May 15, 2001. Locomotive #8888, an EMD SD40-2, was pulling a train of 47 cars, including possibly two cars loaded with hazardous chemicals, specifically molten ...
Unstoppable. (2010 film) Unstoppable is a 2010 American disaster action thriller film directed and produced by Tony Scott, written by Mark Bomback, and starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. It is based on the real-life CSX 8888 incident, telling the story of a runaway freight train and the two men who attempt to stop it.
AWVR 777 is an AWVR (Allegheny & West Virginia Railroad) AC4400CW in the 2010 action/thriller movie, Unstoppable. It was a runaway train carrying hazardous chemicals known as Molten Phenol from Fuller Yard towards Stanton, Pennsylvania. Courtesy of the heroic actions of veteran engineer Frank Barnes and rookie conductor Will Colson, the train was stopped in Stanton Pennsylvania before it could ...
May 15, 2023 · Runaway trains are never a good thing to have roaming the rails. A derailment with so much speed, power, and weight behind them could lead to disastrous cons...
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Nov 12, 2010 · Unstoppable: Directed by Tony Scott. With Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee. With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
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Jul 21, 2022 · Yes, ‘Unstoppable’ is based on the real-life incident of a runaway freight train. The incident happened in 2001 when the engineer of CSX 8888 got off the train to correct a misaligned switch. When he boarded off, he believed he had properly set the braking system. However, at the time, the air brakes of the train were disconnected, which ...
