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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.
A runaway train is a type of railroad incident in which unattended rolling stock is accidentally allowed to roll onto the main line, a moving train loses enough braking power to be unable to stop in safety, or a train operates at unsafe speeds due to loss of operator control. If the uncontrolled rolling stock derails or hits another train, it ...
The Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike is the common name of a 13-mile (21 km) stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike that was bypassed in 1968 when a modern stretch opened to ease traffic congestion in the tunnels. In this case, the Sideling Hill Tunnel and Rays Hill Tunnel were bypassed, as was one of the Turnpike's travel plazas.
Precautionary evacuations are underway after a freight train derailed in southeast Pennsylvania on Monday morning. Just before 5am EDT, a 40-car CSX train derailed while operating on tracks owned ...
A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed on Saturday morning in Pennsylvania. The train went off the tracks in Lower Saucon Township, close to Allentown. Dispatchers in Northampton County said ...
Stanton, Pennsylvania may refer to: Stanton, Philadelphia. Stanton, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. Stanton, Pennsylvania: the fictional city in the 2010 film Unstoppable (2010 film) Stanton, Pennsylvania: the fictional city in the 2018 television series Rise.
"It was like a runaway train" Peoria's Joe Drapluk, right, celebrates with teammate Jordan Ernst after his game-tying goal against Evansville in the third period of Game 2 of the SPHL President's ...