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Hot off the press from Trains Magazine News Wire..."Crazy 8s" possibly to be scrapped!!

Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue May 21 06:57:34 2013

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The famous (or infamous) CSX SD40-2 8888, better known as the "Crazy 8s" for its runaway from Stanley Yard in Toledo, OH in 2001 (and prime motivation for the movie "Unstoppable") is about to meet the torch, quite possibly!!

Famed CSX No. 8888 to be dismantled

By Erik Landrum

Published: May 17, 2013


CINCINNATI – CSX SD40-2 No. 8888, made famous by a runaway train incident is en route to Huntington, W. Va., rumored to be dismantled. The locomotive is dead-in-tow on train Q900 between Corbin, Ky., and Cincinnati. There it will be routed one last time to Huntington.

No. 8888 was made famous on May 15, 2001, when it powered a runaway train out of CSX's Stanley Yard near Toledo and down the former Conrail main line to Columbus. The incident spawned a Hollywood movie, "Unstoppable," released in 2010 and staring Denzel Washington.

Trains News Wire has reached out to CSX for comment and is awaiting a response.


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Re: Hot off the press from Trains Magazine News Wire...''Crazy 8s'' possibly to be scrapped!!

Posted by Dan Lawrence on Tue May 21 10:07:39 2013, in response to Hot off the press from Trains Magazine News Wire..."Crazy 8s" possibly to be scrapped!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue May 21 06:57:34 2013.

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Knowing it's CSX, betcha it gets scrapped anyway.

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Re: Hot off the press from Trains Magazine News Wire...''Crazy 8s'' possibly to be scrapped!!

Posted by mike cruz on Tue May 21 11:16:47 2013, in response to Hot off the press from Trains Magazine News Wire..."Crazy 8s" possibly to be scrapped!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue May 21 06:57:34 2013.

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AWW WTF!? first off why are they scrappin and not rebuildin?

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Re: Hot off the press from Trains Magazine News Wire...''Crazy 8s'' possibly to be scrapped!!

Posted by Dan Lawrence on Tue May 21 12:04:20 2013, in response to Re: Hot off the press from Trains Magazine News Wire...''Crazy 8s'' possibly to be scrapped!!, posted by mike cruz on Tue May 21 11:16:47 2013.

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That seems to be standard practice with CSX.

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Re: Hot off the press from Trains Magazine Rumor Mill…“Crazy 8s” possibly to be scrapped

Posted by Olog-hai on Tue May 21 12:23:02 2013, in response to Hot off the press from Trains Magazine News Wire..."Crazy 8s" possibly to be scrapped!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue May 21 06:57:34 2013.

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CSX SD40-2 No. 8888, made famous by a runaway train incident, is en route to Huntington, W. Va., rumored to be dismantled

When I see stuff like this, I don’t question my decision to drop my Trains subscription.

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Re: Hot off the press from Trains Magazine News Wire...''Crazy 8s'' possibly to be scrapped!!

Posted by Hank Eisenstein on Tue May 21 12:29:21 2013, in response to Re: Hot off the press from Trains Magazine News Wire...''Crazy 8s'' possibly to be scrapped!!, posted by mike cruz on Tue May 21 11:16:47 2013.

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EPA Tier IV.

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Re: Hot off the press from Trains Magazine News Wire...''Crazy 8s'' possibly to be scrapped!!

Posted by Jersey Mike on Tue May 21 14:19:06 2013, in response to Re: Hot off the press from Trains Magazine News Wire...''Crazy 8s'' possibly to be scrapped!!, posted by Dan Lawrence on Tue May 21 12:04:20 2013.

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IDK about that. THey've been rebuilding many of their Geeps.

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