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CSX 8888 incident

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CSX 8888 Incident

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VHS Newsreel: Runaway Train In Ohio 2001

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CSX 8888 Runaway at Findlay, Ohio

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UNSTOPPABLE Sparks Flying at Stanton Curve (Bellaire, OH)

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TANE: CSX 8888 escapes the yard

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 on May 15, 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.
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