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Ohio

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,869 posts) Mon May 15, 2023, 06:17 AM May 2023

On this day, May 15, 2001, CSX had a runway train from Walbridge, Ohio.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_15

• 2001 – A CSX EMD SD40-2 rolls out of a train yard in Walbridge, Ohio, with 47 freight cars, including some tank cars with flammable chemical, after its engineer fails to reboard it after setting a yard switch. It travels south driverless for 66 miles (106 km) until it was brought to a halt near Kenton.[7] The incident became the inspiration for the 2010 film Unstoppable.