![]() Much of the country 8888 rumbled through was wide open flatlands. It was over before most people even knew it had started authorities had little time to take precautions such as closing rail crossings and setting up command posts – in fact, it happened a few months before 9/11 in a period of time before “Homeland Security” came into being, and made America a bit more prepared for catastrophes. The whole Crazy Eights Incident lasted less than two hours, start to finish. The actual Crazy 8888s train never exceeded 47 m.p.h.ħ. was suggested at one point – which would have been a pretty good feat for a single ST40-2 pulling 47 cars. ![]() ![]() The Need for Speed: Movie makers need to hype the action, so runaway Engine 777 was shown being clocked by police radar at speeds of up to 71 m.p.h.Įven 80 m.p.h.
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