Runaway: Stopping a Stolen Locomotive

A train dispatcher must be ready for anything at any time. A good day, the most boring of days, can go bad in an instant. A bad day can go industrial strength ugly. As has been said about Sully Sullenberger gliding to a landing in the Hudson and Al Haynes and his colleagues landing a badly damaged DC10 in Sioux City IA in 1989, these are things you can t practice for. All of such situations are unique and depend upon knowledge and instinct for resolution. This is one such day.