titanicchristo
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So I was recently looking up info about csx and learnt about the CSX 8888 incident or crazy eights but It is very unclear what made the train roll away, and does anyone know what the unit was?
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The wikipedia article on the CSX 8888 incident seems to cover the incident and explains what lead to the train becoming a runaway.
this is a very general description of the events.
There was no switchman, there was only the lone engineer/conductor/yard hostler, who was alone, operating the loco, and was supposed to stop, dismount, and align turnouts ... it was a 1 man crew operation ... when he saw a misaligned turnout, he thought e could pull a "swift one" ... dismount the moving train, run along side, throw the switch, remount the train ... FAIL ... But as it turned out to be a real "smooth move-ExLax" !