Episode 015: (Rail) CSX 8888 - The Crazy Eights Incident - a podcast by Andy & Michele Sargent

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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Artist: High On Fire
Title: Into The Crypts of Rays (Celtic Frost Cover)
Link: https://highonfiresl.bandcamp.com/track/into-the-crypts-of-rays-celtic-frost-cover

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