<P> The CSX 8888 incident , also known as the Crazy Eights incident , was an incident involving a CSX Transportation freight train in the U.S. state of Ohio in 2001 . Locomotive # 8888 , an EMD SD40 - 2 , was pulling a train of 47 cars including some loaded with hazardous chemicals , and ran uncontrolled for two hours at up to 51 miles per hour ( 82 km / h ) . It was finally halted by a railroad crew in a second locomotive , which caught the runaway and coupled to the rear car . The incident inspired the 2010 motion picture Unstoppable . </P>
<P> The CSX 8888 incident , also known as the Crazy Eights incident , was an incident involving a CSX Transportation freight train in the U.S. state of Ohio in 2001 . Locomotive # 8888 , an EMD SD40 - 2 , was pulling a train of 47 cars including some loaded with hazardous chemicals , and ran uncontrolled for two hours at up to 51 miles per hour ( 82 km / h ) . It was finally halted by a railroad crew in a second locomotive , which caught the runaway and coupled to the rear car . The incident inspired the 2010 motion picture Unstoppable . </P>
when did the true story of unstoppable happen
when did the true story of unstoppable happen
2001
2001