While it had an intense near-miss scene, the school excursion train is never brought up again and serves no real purpose to the plot, although one of the kids on the excursion is Will's son.

Although Kevin Dunn's character Oscar Galvin was trying to stop the runaway, his plans at doing so, in which he believed he could save the railroad money, only made things worse, and ''cost'' them money, equipment and another Engineer's life.The film does not feature any real railroads and instead goes creative.An unforgettable soundtrack composed by Harry Gregson-Williams, especially the track composed for the Stanton Curve scene.The elephant sound effects make the AWVR 777 sound absolutely menacing.The film has become a classic among railfans.The visual effects look realistic and life like, especially when the train is leaning on the Stanton Curve.An assemble cast which includes the following Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Dunn, Kevin Corrigan, Lew Temple and T.Examples include the chase down the mainline, the 73 attempting the stop the train, and the climax at Stanton, PA. Likeable characters with a lot of character development (e.g.The film uses the premise about trains at a very interesting level.The only hope of bringing the train to a safe stop is in the hands of a veteran engineer (Denzel Washington) and a young conductor (Chris Pine), who must risk their lives to save those in the runaway's path. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, and an accident would decimate human life and cause an environmental disaster. When a massive, unmanned locomotive roars out of control, the threat is more ominous than just a derailment.

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