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      • Yes, ‘Unstoppable’ is based on the real-life incident of a runaway freight train. The incident happened in 2001 when the engineer of CSX 8888 got off the train to correct a misaligned switch. When he boarded off, he believed he had properly set the braking system.
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  2. Nov 12, 2010 · Crazy Eights traveled on its own at up to 47 mph for almost 2 hours from near Toledo to 55 miles northwest of Columbus, not far from Kenton. It carried a chemically hazardous load in two cars. It was stopped by the efforts of three train men and that story became Unstoppable, the movie.

  3. 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.

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  4. Nov 10, 2010 · A Hollywood film debuting on Friday about a runaway train is based on true story thathappened in Ohio. Much of the film was shot in the Buckeye State, 10TV's Angela An reported on Wednesday.

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  5. 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.

  6. Nov 11, 2010 · Inspired by a true story, the movie finds Denzel Washington — collaborating with Scott for the fifth time — playing a veteran train engineer and Chris Pine as a young conductor who are racing...

  7. The movie Unstoppable was inspired by the real life incident of a runaway freight train that occurred in 2001. In the actual incident, an engineer of CSX 8888 got off the train to address a ...

  8. 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 ...

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