VHS Newsreel: Runaway Train In Ohio 2001

[@miguellopez3442]

"Like something you would see in a movie. " nine years later : Unstoppable

[@foreverreverof853]

Unstoppable was based of this 👍

[@CurtisUsher128]

Yes the movie is based on this train yes it did 🤔

[@tomfitzpatrick7335]

The main inspiration

[@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256]

Miguel Lopez On top that, they filmed it on the other side of Ohio too.

[@dustinhittle27]

Actually yes Unstoppable is a true movie but the movie is based on a train number number 777 out of Pennsylvania that train was headed for Ohio I believe it was headed almost headed through Youngstown or Ashtabula Ohio that's what that movie is based off of yes Unstoppable as a true movie but this one is not based off of that movie this one is similar but not based off of the Unstoppable movie watch Unstoppable again and you'll see the credits where it says this was based on a true situation in Pennsylvania

[@tibbers3755]

"Out of a hollywood action movie" 2010: *Literally a hollywood movie*

[@jilljones3664]

No, the Hollywood action movie was out of this incident.

[@1jalenhurts412]

Reporter:it’s like something you would see in a Hollywood action movie bot this is no movie AWVR 777&767:lol ur wrong

[@kristoferwong2287]

Unstoppable 777

[@trinity6880]

Yeah

[@janfrederikvandenberg4071]

Lol looks like no knows about 1985s Runaway train

[@Redhood813]

“It’s like something you see in a Hollywood movie” Denzel Washington: Hold my Oscar

[@benjaminacosta2582]

lmao! good one bro!

[@kdpowers]

Tony Scott: "hold my cameras, but shake them like crazy"

[@LunaMizuki8806]

The movie Unstoppable that's based off this train is actually quite good and anyone who hasn't seen it yet should.

[@mow4ncry]

The movie was good but remember that nothing in it could really happen. The only factual things in it were most of the terms used were correct. etr

[@AmericanRailfan-gb8oq]

MINEMICS is_not_pleased How do you know?

[@al_7608]

mow4ncry Well the police shot at a dead switch for the fuel line, and they tried to derail it, they also had a locomotive waiting in front and the one behind that slowed it down. The train had nobody controlling it, the air brakes weren't connected, the guy jumped out of the cab to relay a switch and couldn't get back on, the train was carrying dangerous chemicals, someone climbed on and applied the brakes. All these are true to the real life from the movie, not just "correct terms used" obviously it is exaggerated slightly and more action put in it for the movie, because it's a movie and you watch it for the thrill of it and to be entertained.

[@NickyD]

unstoppable is based on a runaway train in ohio which is this one not in LA and parts of this news coverage was put in the movie too

[@NickyD]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSX_8888_incident

[@rebelflex3272]

All you had to do is follow the DAMN TRAIN CJ!

[@BuckeyeNationRailroader]

RUN FOREST RUN!

[@bi-bibabyblue9649]

#DetroDiesel ... I AM WHEEZING I NEED A LARGE NUMBER NINE TO KEEP ME GOING!!!

[@SPNGLovato18]

#DetroDiesel I agreed!

[@Giratina1999]

TheDetroDiesel HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Giratina1999]

Vagos meeting some san fierro Rifas!

[@Opti]

I live in Springfield, OH, and that is so close, only 2 counties away...

[@netdoctor1]

I live in western Marion County, only 12 miles away from Kenton.

[@thephantomeagle2]

I grew up in Ada, where the tracks that cross that line goes through scary.

[@southernpennsyrailfan8579]

Hi optimus. Congrats on 1,000,000 subs. Cant wait until you hit 10 mil

[@matthewboylez34]

I grew up in the town next to Walbridge OH where this started. I graduated HS that year and month.

[@ethancundiff6422]

@Optimus I live in Springfield OH as well! I didn't know we had a popular youtuber lol

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

The story behind UNSTOPPABLE

[@Dairobo10]

The story behind the train Is booster from chugginton

[@nssteampunk4865]

20 years ago today, the Unstoppable CSX went on a wild ride.

[@C55877]

Unstoppable was actually pretty accurate in its depiction of this real life event.

[@perfectsplit5515]

I can see that the movie did dramatize some things. In real life the train never went faster than 40mph. In the movie it was up to 70. Apparently they never did the train lashing maneuver with the helicopter deployment in real life. And in real life it was moving slow enough that someone could jump on from static ground, unlike the truck-jump scene in the movie.

[@M.R.BrickFilms]

@@perfectsplit5515 Also, Washington and Pine’s characters were inspired by the real life heroes who chase down the train such as Jesse Knowlton, a 31 year experience engineer and Terry Forson, a conductor with a year experience.

[@janelleg597]

Hahaha, that's generous

[@ChaplainDMK]

0:49 "I worked for the railroad for a year, everytime I see this it scares me" So 1 year of railroad experience is somehow noteworthy enough for news and also apparently runaway trains are common in Ohio.

[@brakie44820]

Yeah,a rookie is a real "expert". I had 9 1/2 years experience and never seen a runaway. I lost my job when they eliminated cabooses.

[@evanwaters1074]

+brakie44820 Why would they do that? Did you quit, or did they fire you?

[@brakie44820]

Simple,when the railroads dumped the caboose they dump thousands of brakeman jobs along with it. When I started railroading on the PRR in '66 we had a 5 man crew after being laid off under the great PC mess I was drafted into the Army and after 6 years I ETS and enjoyed 6 months of unemployment rocking chair money before I went to work for the C&O under the Chessie banner(C&O,B&O and WM was not merged under Chessie name) 6 1/2 years later ready Freddy stole my job.At one time every locomotive (except passenger) and including end cab switchers had three seats in the cab-the third seat folded down.Even steam locomotives had a smaller seat behind the fireman's seat. These seats was used by the head brakeman.

[@CSX2665]

he was an idiot...if it was left unattended then it wouldve halted due to the alerter system but it wasn't instead it was under power

[@ackmino]

Yeah that guy is a doofus "there is no way it was under power "

[@Mahacanda]

0:32 "It was like something you'd see in a hollywood action movie" Oh hey, I saw that movie!

[@HomerPenguin5516]

0:32

[@crippledcrusader1321]

"This train is half a mile long, and is traveling at speed into populated areas with 8 freight cars with hazardous material, sir we are not just talking about a train, we are talking about a missile, the size of the chrysler building

[@nn-zh5to]

xD

[@josephmelchiore3464]

Mason French fyi it is spelled chrysler just to let you know next time

[@leonardoarce5302]

Mason Fr ench

[@fergoossens6495]

😂exacly that

[@Knhtwolf]

Chrysler

[@Faithful_Blessings]

Jesse Knowlton - the gentleman that saved the day - played by Denzel is a great guy. He's my friends Sara and her brother Jess's dad. I have a picture of Denzel with Jesse on set. They really gave credit where it was due and to this day we're very grateful Ohio was saved from a disaster. They're a great family just wish Holly, Sara and Jess's mom could have beat cancer to enjoy the love from the community, Jesse received. Rest in peace. God bless

[@geomodelrailroader]

everything that was shown during Crazy 8 was in Unstoppable from the sheriff shooting the fuel tank, the failed helicopter drop onto the cab,the failed attempt to to use portable derails,switchers hooking on to the front and back, the first attempt to jump on board, and a hero applying the brakes

[@DothFrmBBL]

Can you tell Sarah from the holy Bible to tell Jonah from the holy Bible to Analyze and Discuss the True reason why edge gym Server faculty went closer towards Zumo's brother's bathroom doorway dad's brother's look alike's brother!!!¡!!!

[@VaeVictisXIII]

What makes me sad is that back in 2001 tv quality was still utter shit and i had no idea at the time xD

[@SledgeHammer43]

more likely the VHS recording.

[@samuelseidel6148]

Also it looks good when played on a high quality tube tv

[@thetiger2133]

I remember this quality

[@damaddog27]

Actually it was great back then. It's the quality you get now is what makes it look bad lol.

[@captaintrips2980]

Cable reception partially to blame. Also, note the thunderstorm warning in the lower right. Both can be factors. Note: I was an engineer for a cable co.

[@lazyindiandude]

00:33 say no more.

[@DustinSmith796]

Andrew Smith I get it.

[@user-sr4hy9ib6h]

I get it, its from the movie unstoppable.

[@hl2betafan]

"This is no movie!" Unstoppable: Am i a joke to you?

[@adityakodi07ytgaming97]

XD

[@adityakodi07ytgaming97]

I am said the director is died

[@adityakodi07ytgaming97]

Sad*

[@janfrederikvandenberg4071]

Runaway train : pathetic

[@aa1944-k2r]

real life: train moves movie: train travels at speed of light

[@tommyshelby4114]

Fax💀

[@gargantuaapocalypsegravity2908]

XD

[@leobe2104]

If you had payed attention to the whole video, you would have seen that it moved faster later

[@DaytonDistrictRailfan]

"My guess would be it just started rolling." Rolling fast enough to keep going for miles! *_Boy were they wrong_*

[@bowserkidgamingAmaya]

Very

[@andreialeta6321]

its now 2021 I still remember the movie unstoppable

[@Keif424]

Same

[@augsnow2067]

That man that saved the train. Was very, very... Brave.

[@msdee4u26]

unstoppable is based on this

[@bobby3h]

+diedre johnson yup

[@CharlieND]

Great movie

[@RbacktoNicholas]

diedre johnson duh

[@claudiacamargo8542]

diedre johnson the train in the movie its red and its 777

[@fergoossens6495]

Sou um cara normal 😂😂no shit

[@garrettrainbolt1344]

"Like something out of a movie" Dune entertainment: *CHALLENGE ACCEPTED*

[@dalelash2nd743]

I'm glad they used this to create a movie called Unstoppable. Love the movie. Always loved trains since I was a little kid. Still do. And that ain't changin' anytime soon.

[@ES44AC_900]

I agree!

[@zachariahahmad]

Eluded capture for 2 hours? Enough time to make a movie.. Lol

[@benconway9010]

Zach Ahmad yea lol

[@BuckeyeNationRailroader]

You know what eluded means right?

[@War1109]

There was obviously stuff added

[@midcenturymodern9330]

Ahh, that VHS quality. When I was a kid, we thought this looked just great! I miss those days. Now I have a giant TV that I rarely even use - nothing good to watch.

[@NopangX]

You know what? This inspired the unstoppable movie and a train in GTA series

[@commodoresixfour7478]

I did not realize this train was on its way to Marion OH. I'm from Milwaukee and had a job driving. I just so happened to have a delivery there and got to visit that train station. I have to say that place is awesome and it was a honor to get to visit it!

[@netdoctor1]

In reality, the whole event was a bit of a snoozefest. Hollywood tried to turn it into gold, as they always do.

[@K9TheFirst1]

"You have caused confusion and delay! You have been a very naughty engine!"

[@crazycooln01]

Lol

[@jeremywilliams5675]

that's funny

[@criminallyautistic8372]

DAMN IT THOMAS!

[@Dutch29]

Paramount sitting in their ideas room: "I like trains"

[@dolphinsatsunset1]

Unstoppable was based on this!

[@tannerrobinson5110]

The option to kill the engine remotely was equipped, but with dynamic brakes applied and air brakes applied (only to the engine as the cars were not hooked up in the yard), the automatic train control system was locked out of the throttle. At least we've learned since then.

[@andrewcrumb8027]

Holy freight trains! So, that's how they got the idea for the 2010 film, "Unstoppable!" And that incident took place in Northwest Ohio in 2001! It's fantastic! That was 3 years before me and my family move to Ohio!

[@IndoChannelKhanRP]

0:36 Well it is now! :)

[@YaBoiKnox]

* 0:31 *

[@CharlieND]

It's almost as if they knew it was gonna happen.

[@mrnapolean1]

Inspired what would go on to be one of my most favorite movies of all time.

[@Sherpaful]

"That train ain't got no driver." LOL

[@dsmith9964]

Typical hillbilly OSU fans!

[@rodrigorosatoalves]

I can’t understand what she said next after “what they gonna do?”

[@afridgetoofar1818]

@@rodrigorosatoalves “It’s headed for Marion!” Marion is a town that’s about 20 miles from Kenton. I guess the train was headed right for it.

[@rodrigorosatoalves]

@@afridgetoofar1818 Thank you!

[@alco-bluebird]

"It's like something you would see out of a Hollywood action movie" Tony Scott: "Now that you say it..."

[@Jotrain]

What it a coincidence that the locomotive hauling the runaway train was nicknamed crazy eights?

[@indybill4]

8888

[@bushpilot223]

I knew the movie was a little too intense. A guy with a smashed foot jumped from the bed of a pickup truck onto a locomotive at speeds around 80mph? Lol. I don't think that train would even be able to go 80mph without falling off the track, especially around those corners.

[@NickyD]

it didnt go 80 arond that curve they were able to slow it down with the train they basically did it in the movie

[@nn-zh5to]

Remember how it was about to fall on Stanton Curve

[@eoinpkav152]

80 mph on a railroad such as that would throw the train off no matter what... small curves would throw her off

[@nn-zh5to]

*Him

[@floridianrailauto9032]

If you think 80MPH will derail a train on those turns, visit the Florida East Coast Railway. They go on all kinds of turns like that in St Augustine and they continue to run at around 75MPH.

[@FuZhixiang]

The train is epic and the number of the train is legendary too.

[@sailormoonlover6618]

anyone remember thomas comes to breakfast, where thomas was a runaway train?

[@ChristianDuncan]

+Sailor Moon Lover yup I remember :) memories

[@jeremywilliams5675]

yes and another Thomas story where he and his coaches are the runaway and how the problem was solved was very similar since Thomas was running low on steam in the end

[@thereallincolntakanashi]

Unstoppable:(exists) CSX 8888: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@TheAtlantaRailfan]

Funny how they thought it just started rolling and didn't realize the stupidity of the engineer by keeping the throttle at full and getting off the train to throw a switch

[@TheShadowLight13]

this incident happened 1 month and 4 days after my 10th birthday, i remember watching the news about this and not understanding what the big deal was and my daddy getting upset because he had friends in ohio, we also had a lesson about it the next day at school, this event has of course inspired a train action film called "Unstoppable" which was released on November 12th 2010, and I didn't learn of the movie or even watch it until this year when it came onto TV, now as a 25 almost 26 year old woman I can understand better why my daddy was upset when I didn't as a 10 year old. I am glad to know that the REAL event and not the movie version didn't cause any deaths, in the film I counted 2 deaths and 1 injured so I am happy to know that in REAL LIFE things turned out much different

[@colbylawson7841]

I can see why the Unstoppable was made. CSX 8888, meet AWVR 777. But if the locomotives in Atomic Train and Unstoppable were switched, then Westrail 642 would have be impossible to stop and would devastate pretty much anything in the radius of the Russian Nuke and AWVR 777 would have been slowed easily. But it takes good locomotive and train car inspection and good braking and timing for the brakes and good throttle handling to keep a locomotive and it's cargo under control while going down slopes both major and minor.

[@fuzziethetrueinternetexplo3283]

HIT THAT INDEPENDENT!

[@ArtyI]

Hit it again

[@Zoetropeification]

Hit it hard!

[@ScrepTure]

hit that independent as hard as you can!

[@savagedoritos6587]

FRANK WE ARE GONNA RIP RIGHT OFF GOT NO CHOICE

[@mystygrams1]

WE MADE IT! We made it through the curve!

[@JawTooth]

PTC will prevent this. I am watching this in 2020!! Are you?

[@zeratheoso]

I remember when this happened! I live in Kenton, and nearby the train tracks too it passed by on!

[@netdoctor1]

Greetings from La Rue!

[@entitledbobcat]

Living right next to these tracks is crazy. BGSU is on one side and the bars are on the other. It passes through 6 times a day, every day. I’m surprised we don’t have accidents with this thing. The trains woke me up again. I watch them from my dorm room all of the time. It’s cool to watch when it isn’t at 2 am... but it’s most active at night and before dawn.

[@ミスタービギニング]

I was born this day!

[@dumdum7786]

That must have been one exiting birthday...

[@bluefoxy6478]

@@dumdum7786 you mean exciting?

[@dumdum7786]

@@bluefoxy6478 yeah that

[@railwayadventureswithleigh6040]

The train that brought CSX SD40-2 8888 was SD40-2 8392 and a GP38 ahead was not really needed

[@adamprochaska4707]

You missed a golden opportunity to do an intro to this video with a clip of Ozzy's Crazy Train, lol

[@asyncasync]

ThisAccountIsNeverUsed I think he means the uploader.

[@dumdum7786]

Well, this incident is known online now as "the crazy eights incident" because if you look closely on the locomotive, it says 8888

[@paulshover9139]

All Aboard!!!!

[@97channel]

She looked so damned frightened at being asked what she thought about it.

[@kingwilliam14]

"It was like something you would see in a Hollywood action movie..."

[@julyconcord2721]

It really scares everybody! A year before this runaway occured,A metrolink train(Los Angeles) full of commuters going home after a long day at work.Same track,as freight train.The conductor in the metrolink train was texting his (boyfriend),completely missed his switch over to the other train track.Trains hit head on.I watched it live.Very close-up action to the destruction the news helicopters flew immediately to it.Many died on impact.At that time told emergency relays were needed.Metrolink

[@TheKonrad1984]

Runaway Train is one of the best movies ever made. :)

[@adamdemgar2798]

Sbastian Lando I don’t know anything about Runaway Train. But this incident inspired the movie Unstoppable

[@shaikhbakhas1324]

It was this train which inspires the Hollywood movie unstoppable

[@rfpramitgamer9819]

"you will not see this in movie" meanwhile in 2010 AWVR 777 and 767 vs a AWVR 1206 also i noticed the incident took place in OHIO 💀💀

[@YourMid740]

I love how people are putting jokes about the unstoppable movie into this video because that movie was based off this.

[@boneneedle3360]

What a badass conductor!

[@Faln2DarkAngel]

The movie “Unstoppable” Brought me here lmfao and its 2021 😭😭

[@quintinconnor7405]

I’m watching Unstoppable on VUDU right now I just had to see the real thing for myself

[@guitarspring]

I live right near Walbridge where this all started. I remember driving to a friends crossing this railroad just a mile south and it bring blocked by police and everything. Never thought they'd make a movie out of it

[@MrRonkol]

This is what unstoppable was based on m, not kidding!

[@CharlieND]

I saw that movie!

[@TheRailwayGuy175]

News reporter: “It was like something you'd see in a Hollywood action movie, only this was no movie.” Tony Scott: "Hmm, maybe I should make a movie based on this event."

[@dylank8695]

This is unstoppable in real life

[@shelbymadison4185]

Unstoppable is based off of this.

[@Lucky-yc3vp]

0:31 "it was like something you'd see in a Hollywood action movie," Hollywood must have agreed with that notion as 9 years later they released Unstoppable, which was loosely based on the incident.

[@2flyabove]

And decades earlier, the movie "Silver Streak."

[@journeythroughtherails5294]

This is actually the reaosn Unstoppable was made!

[@Josh-xo8wd]

Came here from Unstoppable 0.0 it's so devastating

[@pilotmanpaul]

For a SD40, That girl pulled it good even with the brakes on.

[@DistanceNsVeterans]

0:01 even tho the run away CSX locomotive is a Sd40-2 they have a picture of GP30 at the start which it could of been the Sd40-2

[@bobby3h]

funny how the movie unstoppable had a different train company instead of CSX staring the movie.

[@TraustiGeir]

I highly doubt CSX would want to appear in "Unstoppable" as AWVR did.

[@Zawmbbeh]

It'd be a little embarrassing.

[@rnrailproductions5049]

+TraustiGeir ain't AWVR railroad known as the AVR railroad.

[@TraustiGeir]

Bacon Master I have no idea.

[@MrWolfSnack]

AWVR is a fictional railroad company. It doesn't exist.

[@amytrammell67]

Jesse Knowlton, Terry Forson, Jon Hosfeld, Ladybug, Cat Noir, Rena Rouge, Carapace, Queen Bee, Viperion, Ryuko, Pegasus, King Monkey, and Bunnyx were heroes.

[@Railfan_Chester4639ALL]

what

[@thecpmr6276]

lucky, no one was hurt.

[@rearspeaker6364]

THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS!!!

[@nofrankrelax6593]

And the Driver? :v

[@jean-lucdupuis7052]

Didn’t someone die?

[@rat8146]

@@jean-lucdupuis7052 well in film yes but well no

[@amit790]

Like something out of a movie. In 2010, it became a movie. “Unstoppable”

[@rileyhogan8248]

Man, what a great movie this accident would make. *Cough *Cough

[@timothydevillers2298]

My son is obsessed with trains and he asked the question if the alert is disconnect by sabotage will an incident like this happen again.

[@david121912]

I don't think an EMD SD40 had an alerter switch installed. Instead they used the slightly more primitive version called the "Dead Mans Pedal" which you must kept pressed down with your foot at all times, or the train will go into emergency. What happened was that the driver set the independents in the yard as well as the dynamics and then put the throttle in notch 8 which would act as a brake with dynamics engaged. However, the dynamics failed to work and the locomotive overpowered it's independents. The driver got out to correct a switch and his train roared off.

[@criticalcolt7481]

THE TRAIN AINT GOT NO DRIVER

[@kevingraham3161]

we all know!

[@ramonortiz7509]

"OH NO ITS A REAL LIFE GHOUST TRAIN"

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

If the CSX 8888 incident didn't happen, Unstoppable wouldn't probably be made.

[@quizzyboi2320]

in a memory of the crazy 8 built in 1971 and scrapped in 2009

[@victoriacyunczyk]

8888 was rebuilt into an SD40-3.

[@nickt.2238]

8888 was rebuilt, her new road number is 4389. Sources: Trains Mags, wvncrails.

[@LegendaryRadioJock]

They should have placed 8888 in a museum instead...

[@Eli_Santin]

How was the weather when you recorded this? There's a Severe Thunderstorm Warning on the TV

[@yungjj5884]

0:33 your wish is my command

[@patrickadams1430]

What is the full name of the guy with the mustache and glasses? I need to know it for a citation.

[@TommyPicklesFan]

This was like a Episode of Thomas.

[@ayalaperez1994]

This was Unstoppable before Unstoppable was even a thought.

[@ThatCarGuy2]

2:00 Storms take cover!!

[@jshepard152]

Did they make any movies about this? Really curious and no one seems to know.

[@Sherpaful]

Ah, May of 2001. The innocence of our generation would last only a few more months.

[@rnrailproductions5049]

Are you talking about 9/11.

[@Sherpaful]

Bacon Master No, I'm talking about the Patriots winning their first Super Bowl

[@andrewsmoot3731]

He was talking about this runaway train incident before 9/11

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

3:20 Well, the government did require a system called PTC after the 2008 Chatsworth train crash and then after the 2015 Frankfurt Junction crash, it was revealed that several railroads also have yet to completely install PTC on all of the lines so the deadline was extended.

[@yaboiandrew8206]

2018?

[@adamdemgar2798]

I wonder if THIS footage is heard in the background in the movie

[@MongooseFreeRider]

3:24 Its fucked when some safety implement never happens because some tightarse company/government doesnt want to fork out the money

[@ivanv23hr]

Right now i watch Unstoppable movie and i was interested what happen with that real incident. Im glad noone was hurt. It was probably a miracle. I dont want to be in path of runaway train. No, sir, noo...

[@Raiden_GSXR]

Longest police chase evader ever lol

[@jessicablueheart9772]

Why is this the only news report of this on KZbin?

[@milepost26.69]

0:32 well you got your wish we got triple 7

[@shivam6384]

Triple 777 is no longer unstoppable

[@thezombiekiller5500]

Is the crazy 8's locomotive still in operation?

[@armankordi]

Unstoppable isn't just based off this. Runaway Train (1985). It's a good movie.

[@mikeytrains1]

+Arman Kordi Yes,Runaway Train is.

[@benconway9010]

Arman Kordi actually I think runaway train is a better film if it's the one ur talking about the one with jon voit and Eric Roberts??

[@armankordi]

Ben Conway yep.

[@NickyD]

actually wrong this movie is based off of this accident

[@NickyD]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unstoppable_(2010_film)

[@trainmandan05]

I saw CSX #8888 at Fostoria Ohio last night and I missed getting it on video!!! :(