Search results
By the time the train reached Kenton, Knowlton and conductor Terry L. Forson had slowed it to about 11 m.p.h. Yet they couldn't stop it. The 3,000-horsepower engine and the weight of 47 cars added up to "too much power," Hosfeld said.
- Infamous Ohio Disasters
- Film Review: Quality of "Unstoppable"
- "Out Here in The Real World, You Get killed."
- Other Runaway Movies
- Comments
Just a few months before the 9/11 National Disaster, a runaway train in Northwestern Ohio created a day of havoc and fear throughout the state. People were glued to their television sets and radios, fearing the train full of hazardous materials would crash through their communities.
We can remember the adage that when people are bored, it is sometimes because theyare boring. We also can consider that addicts and abuse victims sometimes do not hanker for real-life events and healthy people, because those are not exciting enough. One-third more action not exciting enough? I'm not calling out these critics on mental issues, but I...
All historical films are historical fiction somewhere along a continuum of degree, unless the dialogues are taken 100% from written and audio records. None of us were at these settings (as Light of Other Daysallows us to be) -- We cannot get it all right, and sometimes the filming and the physics (Ye canna change the laws o' phsyics, Jim...) won't ...
Disaster on the Coastline (1979): Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr.Runaway! (1973): Ben JohnsonRunaway Train (1985): Jon Voigt, Eric Roberts.Silver Streak (1976): Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.Patty Inglish MS (author)from USA and Asgardia, the First Space Nation on July 15, 2017: Hi Ryan - That is exciting to know about the trains and tracks coordination for the film. Sounds like a big job and I hope your patient had a good time with it all! I love this movie. Ryanfrom Louisiana, USA on July 14, 2017: I love this movie. One of my patien...
- 2 min
Jul 21, 2022 · Diksha Sundriyal. Updated July 21, 2022. Starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, ‘Unstoppable’ (2010) is an action thriller that follows the story of two men who take on a seemingly impossible task of catching a runaway train.
People also ask
Is unstoppable based on a true story?
How did Jess Knowlton and Terry Forson stop the 8888?
Who were Jess Knowlton & Terry Forson?
What is the movie Unstoppable about?
Nov 10, 2010 · In real life, Jess Knowlton and Terry Forson played the parts. Knowlton, 57, of Canal Winchester; and Forson, 40, of Thornville in Perry County, made national news in 2001 when they helped stop ...
Nov 12, 2010 · By ABC7. Friday, November 12, 2010. TOLEDO, OH You might remember the story: a train gets loose near Toledo and travels almost seventy miles without a single person on board. That story is now the...
Mar 17, 2017 · Answer: Yes, the 20th Century Fox film Unstoppable is inspired by actual events, but very loosely. On May 15, 2001, an unmanned train -- CSX Locomotive #8888, which was later nicknamed "Crazy Eights" -- with 47 cars left Stanley rail yard in Walbridge, Ohio, and took off on a 66 mile.
Nov 12, 2020 · Commanding a northbound freight train, veteran engineer Jess Knowlton and relatively new conductor Terry Forson waited for the 8888 to pass, then chased the runaway locomotive.
