what was the movie unstoppable based on
The CSX 8888 incident, also known as the Crazy Eights incident, involved an unmanned runaway train led by CSX Transportation locomotive #8888, an EMD SD40-2, that was pulling a freight train consisting of 47 cars, some of them loaded with Molten Phenol, a highly corrosive and toxic flammable chemica...ead the true story of the incident Unstoppable was based on! Thereâs a few creative liberties taken in the film, but they stayed remarkably true to life!