At another point farther down the line, the police attempted to shoot the fuel cutoff switch (a scene from The situation began to get more dire as the runaway train approached increasingly urban areas with a number of tight curves. The opinions expressed herein are the author’s own and do not reflect the view of the Amtrak, or any other organization. Rural roadbeds used mostly for freight are not maintained well enough to take that large a train at those speeds. In reality, an Ohio Operation Safety train from Columbus to Toledo made it to Stanley Yard in Toledo almost as the runaway departed. […] What's funny is that isn't even one of the well sought after locomotives. This was an extremely hazardous option, as it required the crew to travel backwards at high speed fully knowing there was a train ahead of them. While the move was Hollywood dramitized, the technical aspects of railroading were accuarate.The story may be true, but “air brakes” need air to NOT be brakes. The locomotive only has dynamic brakes or independent brakes to slow the movement. He invented them.The story of Crazy 8s’ might be true but “the brakes not being hooked up” cant be the answerComment by train engineer — June 4, 2011 @ 4:44 pm”That’s not entirely accurate.

Thanks for the facts of the real story.“Great Movie” This is so amazing true story! Two tank cars contained thousands of gallons of molten phenol, a toxic ingredient of paints, glues, and dyes that is harmful when it is inhaled, ingested, or comes into contact with the skin. That stored pressure is generally bled for in yard operations.

CSX 8888 Incident Posted by rjemery on Sunday, September 9, 2012 12:09 PM Regarding the CSX 8888 incident, which was the basis for the 2010 movie Unstoppable, is it standard practice for a lone yard engineer to leave a slow moving locomotive? What was that crap in the film about the grain car “blowing a seal”? Finally he went to apply dynamic brakes, and this is where the error occurred. I was assisted inthis review by MPE Inspector Mike Lusher and OP Inspector Ed Scalzitti,both … The ex-Conrail SD-40-2 has reportedly been involved in a number of suspicious If you want to create your own reenactment of the chase, the So that’s the story, as far as I know it. He apparently was a 32 year veteran engineer with an unblemished record who suffered injuries while being dragged 80 to 100 feet before having to let go of the cab rails. No violence, no outageous cussing,etc. It coasted, unmanned, from a train station in Doylestown,PA for about three miles. In this instance, he left the engine to align a switch, but the train got away from him. Even worse, there was no one to operate the horn or bell, and the locomotive light was not on. In fact, 26 lbs. A sudden derailment or stoppage could have ended very badly.Just north of Kenton the crew successfully caught up and coupled to the rear of the runaway train.

[…] watched Unstoppable on DVD. it needs to be continuously fed to the air compressor. That is the kind of stuff engineers face daily, and it is the responsibility we accept. According to the report, CSX #8888 was moving a cut of cars in Stanley Yard (near Toledo) from a classification track to a departure track. What many of the general public do not realize, is that The engineer applied the independent (locomotive) brake as well as the air brake. The railroad is a hard life. Before long the locomotive burned through its independent brakes and the train truly was out of control. Rather than applying the dynamic brakes he moved the throttle to notch 8. Once the runaway had slowed to 18 kilometers per hour (11 mph), CSX Several railway museums had tried to buy #8888, but CSX officials replied that they did not feel the I hope the man who got off the train to change the switch really has some other job besides fast food – especially since it wasn’t a real situation we saw on film. Hosfeld, whose job title is CSX senior trainmaster, said he happened to be in Stanley Yard when the runaway began.

The dispatcher warned them to clear the mainline and take the nearest siding as quickly as possible. Be sure to watch Fantastic write up! I am sorry the management was portrayed badly but that’s Hollywood. I thought, even though it was embellished with the faster speeds, the kids and the other train almost colliding – all fiction – that it was very well done. THANKS for the time you took to write this up.wow i remember that happened in 2001,that was a tripGreat account of the real story !! we do this while loading coal trains (at very slow speeds .5 mph) to conrol the speed while in “slow speed” or “plug-load”. The locomotive approached a switch that was lined incorrectly, and the engineer did not believe he could stop in time to avoid running through the switch. The safety train was quickly unloaded and school busses procurred to take the passengers back to Columbus. Luckily, the police were able to flag most crossings and prevent a grade-crossing accident.Another significant concern to authorities were the two cars of molten phenol that made up part of the train. According to the official report due to a technicality in the configuration of the brake system it did not engage properly. My Dad was an engineer, but now, in prison. He invented them.

I kept expressing my opinions as we watched the DVD.

Anyway – it was most entertaining and I agree – no swearing and mad sex.“Unstoppable” is a very interesting and enjoyable movie; even my 9-year old was pretty much glued to the screen during the whole thing; and he usually only likes super hero movies! Here's the story on that one: CSX #8888: The Real Story of “Unstoppable” — Rare Mileage […]This site has no affiliation with and is not endorsed by the National Rail Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) or any other company. These were designed mainly for slow-speed derailments and #8888 blew threw them without incident. Sure you didn’t mean to sign this “Trucker”?on H B O I have watched this movie and it was well done. The latter was ineffective as the air hoses were not connected to the locomotive.

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