AWVR...Unstoppable This is what inspired the movie.

[24chops]

The gun blast totally knocked his damn hat off lol

[TheSuperdude827]

Y the hell would you shoot a fuel tank it could blow up

[mioumitsou]

@TheSuperdude827

tanks dont blow up with ordinary rifle bullets ;)

[tonimtions]

But this isn't the full story. I have been reading and the Fuel Shut-off on an SD40-2 like Crazy Eights has to be held down for a few seconds to even begin working. And what about Q63615? They completely left it out, even though that is what truely slowed Crazy Eights.

[TheRedzGuy]

There Once A Train Called Crazy 8888

do the,do the

There once a train called Crazy

[STICKGUYMB]

This was in an article in readers digest once.

[24121TunPerak]

Not 777 but 8888, this was what actually happened right?

[CimarronWestfolk]

@24121TunPerak Yes, this is the real deal. It was this incident that inspired the movie.

[SPUPRR]

Too bad the TV show that did that bit was about as dumb as a box of rocks.The got ABSOLUTLY NOTHING correct except the state it happened in.Moron media!

[IMRROcom]

@SPUPRR So why not post the facts...? you seem to have all the answers

[SPUPRR]

@IMRROcom ok.It was an engineer that made a mistake.He got off his loco to throw a switch that was lined wrong and didn't have time to stop before derailing.He accidentally put the unit in Run 8 and set the loco brakes thinking he put it in Dynamic 8 and loco brakes.The brakes nullified the deadman switch and there was no air on the cars since he was doing a switching move.Also the engineer didn't lose his job like these morons said he did.

[SPUPRR]

@IMRROcom Also it said several cars full of Extremely flammable liquid.It had 2 cars of Phenol which is a 2 on flammability.THere are more flammable substances under your sink.

[jman3267]

@SPUPRR

I think it was more about the fueling being toxic more than it being flammable.

[CimarronWestfolk]

@SPUPRR I agree it's the best coverage of the incident. But hey, it's what I found that I could put up regarding the matter.

I just like seeing "crazy 8's" in action.

[CimarronWestfolk]

@CimarronWestfolk I meant.......it's NOT the best coverage