RUNAWAY TRAIN

By William M. Hendryx, March 2002

THROUGH AN IMPROBABLE series of events, a locomotive carrying 200 tons of molten phenol barrels down a busy railroad at 50 mph with no conductor at the helm, doomed to crash once it reaches the residential town of Kenton, Ohio. Can a seasoned conductor and the new guy catch it? The ending may already be spoiled if you saw the 2010 film Unstoppable, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, inspired by this story.