@kittycraft The number on the cab is 4920, however, 643 ( called a symbol ) is the number designated by the by the type of movement being made / commodity in transit. It use to be common practice to place the symbol in/on the number board. For example, a Norfolk Southern train designated 643 would be a single commodity (non-coal) train and related empty equipment operating over multiple divisions. Each railroad has their own designations, this example is one that I happen to know of.
5 words you DO NOT want to hear on the railroad: I am out of control!
Thats not at all realistic from a train point of view
this train should be able to stop on dynamics, because its two engines and a caboose, and like 8 cars, thats nothing. this movie is barely realistic
Or have the caboose brake like how the SD40-2 in Unstoppable did!
I wonder what if would be like if they used a steam locomotive with a diesel helper as the chase train, and attached tanker cars to the runaway.
9:32 GET A ROOM!!
If there was a problem in the airbrake system like air hose burst apart the brakes would automatically go on, not render it a runaway.
Who in the blue hell puts piles of dirt in the middle of a track??? lol
If they wanted to stop it why didn't they just apply the hand breaks on the freight cars and caboose.
The second unit on the lash-up train 4922.
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I hate how symmetrical the consists of the train cars is.
@kittycraft The number on the cab is 4920, however, 643 ( called a symbol ) is the number designated by the by the type of movement being made / commodity in transit. It use to be common practice to place the symbol in/on the number board. For example, a Norfolk Southern train designated 643 would be a single commodity (non-coal) train and related empty equipment operating over multiple divisions. Each railroad has their own designations, this example is one that I happen to know of.
I saw this in a movie where the derailer popped off
All these poor trains must be very scared = (
They're actually meant to be in Colorado and the scene in San Fransisco is supposed to be Denver!
@Femalechaos2011 Your Welcome :=) the last sections will come this weekend
@MrMikejosh
4920 is the chase train and 643 is the atomic train
here is how they could have stopped when the chase locomotoves where coupled to the consist the should have decoupled from the cars then braked