Did they use real trains in the movie Unstoppable?

The locomotives used in the movie were borrowed from three railroads: the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (W&LE), and the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad (SWP). Four GE AC4400CWs leased from CP were used to depict the locomotives used on the runaway train, 777 and trailing unit 767.



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Scott and the production used several trains and tracks and had to deal with rain, snow and even one real derailment. Through it all, though, Scott, 66, stuck to his guns and made the film with just a modicum of CGI.

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Denzel Washington says that doing his own stunts in Unstoppable made the film more authentic.

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They were then told to catch the freight. Obviously the CSX could not let the freight derail at that point with a closed turnout. The freight was running at least 50 mph at times. By the way, they were running “backwards” in this chase at speeds approaching 65 mph and the max speed for that loco unloaded is 30 mph.

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