Runaway train on the Railnet!

The crew on HLCX 1027 has let their train roll away from them and they're hot in pursuit of the runaway cars near the Silica sand plant in Ottawa, IL. Thankfully the locomotive caught up in time to prevent any kind of catastrophic beach-creating derailment, tying onto the cars and bringing them to a stop.

In reality, the crew on the HLCX 1027 has just cut away from the cut of cars, which are being pulled by the NREX 3333 and ILSX 1390 from the other end. An out-of-service length of track has caused this unusual move, as said track can only be accessed from the east end. The 1027's crew pulled the cars out of the east end of the track, then the other crew tied onto the west end and pulled the cars down to Silica to be loaded.

HLCX 1027 GP38-2
Ottawa, IL

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Illinois
• Railway

[legotrainzman]

This could maybe be a new movie......

[exredskin76]

hahaha this is hilarious! how and the hell did you manage that matt!

[MattBNSF1991]

Lol, 3 people were actually expecting a runaway train.

[MattBNSF1991]

Haha, yeah it was my fault. Stupid trainee.

[trainlover1999]

nice catch

[kyron1994]

way to go matt...

[basicbill1]

Pretty cool. (Nice title. Hehe.)