The CSX 8888 incident, also known as the Crazy Eights incident, was a runaway train event involving a CSX Transportation freight train in the U.S. state of Ohio on May 15, 2001.

Sep 7, 2024 · On May 15, 2001, a seemingly ordinary day in Walbridge, Ohio, took an extraordinary turn when a freight train began its unauthorized journey. CSX 8888, a locomotive pulling 47 cars, became …

On May 15, 2001 beginning at Stanley Yard in Toledo, OH, the #8888 entered the realm of railroad lore on the lead of a runaway train. Rather than recount the entire incident here, I will refer the reader the …

Jan 1, 2026 · On May 15, 2001, an ordinary switch error in an Ohio train yard led to a runaway train incident involving CSXT 8888, a freight train carrying nearly 3,000 tons of steel and hazardous phenol.

Dec 30, 2025 · A CSX train derailment early on Tuesday near the Kentucky-Tennessee border sent 30 cars off the tracks, including one carrying molten sulfur that caught fire and led to a shelter-in-place …

Nov 5, 2001 · This web page contains the true story of CSX locomotive 8888, an EMD SD40-2 that escaped from Stanley Yard in Toledo,Ohio on May 15, 2001.

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