How's it compare to "Runaway Train"?

Thanks. I ended up catching "Unstoppable" within a week of my above post and your assessment is accurate. I do favor "Runaway Train" because of the depth of which you speak; in fact, I consider it a masterpiece.

"Unstoppable" is cool though because it has a realistic, kinetic tone and is based on a real story: The CSX 8888 Incident, otherwise known as the Crazy Eights Incident, which involved a runaway freight train in northwestern Ohio in 2001. Locomotive #8888 was pulling 47 cars, including some with hazardous chemicals, and ran unmanned for two hours and 66 miles at speeds of up to 51 mph. Attempts to derail the train using a portable derailer failed, as did an attempt by police to shoot at an emergency fuel cutoff switch, which didn't work because the button has to be pressed for several seconds before the engine shuts down due to lack of fuel. A northbound freight train took succor in a siding area where the crew released its locomotive and waited for the runaway to pass. Like in the movie, they had a crew of two: Jess Knowlton, an engineer with 31 years of service; and Terry L. Forson, a relative neophyte conductor. They proceeded to chase the runaway train and successfully locked on to the rear car of the runaway, then slowing it by applying the dynamic brakes or their locomotive. Once the runaway had slowed to 11 miles per hour, trainmaster Jon Hosfeld ran alongside the train, jumped on, and shut down the engine.


My 150 (or so) favorite movies:
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls070122364/

Runaway Train is nothing like what you expect it to be, is it? It's a great film that I need to watch again. It's pretty haunting, as I recall.