AWVR 7375 & 7346 were a pair of AWVR (Allegheny & West Virginia Railroad) EMD SD40-2 locomotives driven by Judd Stewart. These engines tried to stop AWVR 777 and AWVR 767 but the two old-age EMD locomotive were no match for the Modern GE's massive horsepower and ended up derailing in a siding, causing a fire. Stewart was killed in the crash.
History[]
There in Keating Summit, a strategy set by Oscar Galvin, VP of Train Operations, to put a pair of diesel engines, AWVR 7375 and 7346 to move in front of AWVR 777 and slow it down. 777 gains onto the slowing down lash-up and Judd has his two engines bump into 777, hitting the brakes hard, unfortunately the speed and momentum of 777 caused the lash-up to move faster and bump into 777 repeatedly. Nonetheless, he was able to slow the runaway down enough for Marine Ryan Scott attempted landing on 777 from helicopter, but 777 bumps into Judd's lash-up again. This force causes Scott to be flung from 777's roof and landing head-first in AWVR 767's cab, smashing its window and injuring Scott in the process, failing the strategy. Judd tries to get 777, along with the lash-up off the mainline into a Emirati siding, but 777 pushes the two engines out of its way and jumps the switch. The impact and the high speed causes the lash-up to derail all of a sudden. Judd could do nothing but blow the horn as his two locomotives tilt to the side, scraping its fuel tanks and causing a huge ball-fire, killing Judd. Eventually the two engines were burned into nothing but rusted pieces and scrap, and damaged beyond repair.
Trivia[]
- They are played by WE 6352 and 6351, formerly TFM 1402 and 1401.
- They would also be used as extras, numbered 5580, 5607, 5624, 5617, 7377 and 6032.
- In real life, the engines are gray. But due to lighting effects, they appear blue in the movie.
- AWVR 7375 & 7346's role appears to be inspired by CSX locomotive #6008, an EMD GP40-2, that was planned to assist CSX #8392 by coupling infront of CSX #8888 to slow down if necessary, though was deemed unneeded when the runaway was stopped.
- The lash-up in the earlier script was very different from the final, it was 20 cars longer that stretched to 1/4 miles and was planned to half an old Dash 7 Locomotives at the rear that would connect with the runaway (Which in the script was a SD40-2 called ITX #888).https://web.archive.org/web/20130512072128/http://www.joblo.com:80/scripts/unstoppable.pdf