Unstoppable

UNSTOPPABLE

The forecast. plenty of sunshine today

...with seasonal temperatures,

we should reach our normal high over this afternoon.

Clear skies tonight.

Increasing cloudiness tomorrow, sticky and humid.

Hey. Hey! Come give me a kiss. Be good.

- Bye. - Bye!

Have fun!

Cleve, it's 1955.

Please re-enter the clubhouse in a more stereotypically animated fashion.

Hey. Man. You know where I could find Frank Barnes?

- Sir? - Frank Barnes.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Excuse me. I'm looking for Frank Barnes.

You found him.

I'm Will Colson.

We're working together today on train 1206.

- 1206. - That's the one.

- That's the profile? - Yeah. Want to take a look?

How you doing?

Is there a problem?

No problem.

I just don't like working in a damn day-care center.

Yeah. Well. I don't like working at a retirement home. so...

All right. I'll tell you what.

I'm gonna finish my coffee. I'll meet you on the wagon.

Sounds good.

- 1206. - Yeah. That's the one.

You know that punk's union. Right?

Heard they just made him a shop steward at the UTU.

First year?

You know how he got hired? His name's Colson.

His two uncles are running things over at Thornwood

and his brother's lead welder at Deacon.

The whole family's from Stanton.

That figures.

Here they're shit-canning guys every day.

But you got the right last name and a rookie's pay grade.

You got a job.

What the hell are these guys?

Dewey. Gilleece.

Sorry to break up charm school,

but what the hell is that beast still doing on D-16?

I told you I need that track clear.

Relax. Buddy. We were just about to move it.

Like hell you are.

I've got 150 school students coming in on some field trip on D-16.

I need that track cleared.

D-10's clear. You can set it there.

All right. All right. Settle down. Settle down.

Welcome to the Railroad Safety Campaign.

We're a not-for-profit program

designed to educate young people like yourselves about railway safety.

Hey. Settle down.

Show of hands.

Who's ridden a train before?

Me! Me!

All right! All aboard!

So what's our day?

They got us going on light power.

We're supposed to pick up 25 cars just past Stanton

then it's pretty much a straight shot through Wilkins.

Any slow orders?

- No. - You sure?

They'd be highlighted in red.

No. No slow orders.

All right.

Dewey, what the hell is taking you so long?

It's a 39-car consist. Bunny.

The thing's half a mile long. For Christ's sake.

Gilleece. Channel up.

Go for Gilleece.

You believe this shit?

Hey. Hold up. You forgot to tie the air in from the point.

Yeah. so?

So. You don't have any air brakes.

You can tie the hoses once we got her parked

and Bunny's quit his bitching.

Okay.

I only got one rule.

One rule only.

You gonna do something. You do it right.

You don't know how to do it. Ask me. All right?

Likewise. If you need anything from me. You better speak up.

'cause you're the conductor.

Once we get our freight. It's your train.

I'm just the guy driving it.

How long you been out of training?

About four months.

Four months?

- Yeah. - Wow.

Full-on yellow vest rookie.

How long you been railroading?

Twenty-eight years. November 13. 1981. 28 years.

What did you do before that?

Oh. I don't know. A bunch of different jobs.

- Yeah? No railroading? - No. Just...

looking to do something different.

Something different?

What do you mean. Something better?

No. Just...

- Different. - Just different.

Hey, Dewey. Want to pick it up a little bit Jagoff?

I want to have lunch at some point.

- Yeah. - Hey.

Your lawyer just called. You got a break.

The hearing's been moved up to this morning.

Looks like you'll be going home.

Well. That's great. But...

Did you tell him I was working?

I can't come in.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He said no problem. Man.

- It's looking good. - All right.

Call him in an hour or two. See where it's at. And then...

- I will. - give me a call.

We ready to pull out or what?

Coming.

All right.

Train's leaving.

What's our fuel gauge reading?

- Fuel gauge. - 2,900.

2,900!

Angle-cock's closed. Hand brake's knocked off.

Good. Good. Good.

Got all the updated division notices and bulletin orders.

The POS releases are in.

Filled out our time slips. We're good to go.

Good. All right.

You're at 29 cars. You got 10 to go. You're good.

Dewey, you got 29. Ten more makes...

You taking PB-9 over to D-10?

Dewey.

Dewey.

Hold your horses.

What's wrong?

Damn trailing point switch. The track's aligned for D-16.

What's your stopping distance?

At least 20 cars to a stop. Damn it!

Okay. So we back it up and lose a little time.

I'm hopping out.

Do not get out of that cab. Man!

Don't worry. I'll set the independent.

Dewey! Dewey!

Come on, get back on.

Dewey! You better get back on!

I'm on it. I'm on it.

Shit!

You better get back on. Dickhead.

Hey!

Shit!

Nice job. Dewey!

God damn it!

So now what the hell do we do?

Shoot.

Ooh. You're in trouble.

Just don't talk about it. Just put your sister on the phone. Sweetheart.

Dad.

She doesn't want to talk to you.

What? Listen. Just tell her I was... I didn't forget. I was just...

I was running late.

She's got a date tonight.

With who?

Just put your sister on the phone.

Wait. Here she is.

Nic?

Nicky?

Hello?

Listen, just...

Baby, look, I didn't forget. I was...

Frank, the stop blocks are up. Is there a problem?

No. There's no problem. Except you got it backwards.

Turntable house goes on my end. You're on the ballast.

On my end.

Other than that, no problem. No problem at all.

Like I told you.

If you don't know something. Just ask. That's all.

I got it.

I hope so.

Whatever.

Excuse me?

This shit. This "Let's make the new guy prove himself" bullshit.

I gotta tell you. I've heard it before and it gets old real fast.

Well, that's how it is at the retirement home.

Company wants to get rid of us old heads.

They give all the jobs to you new guys. You yellow vests.

I'm not trying to take anything from anybody.

As reassuring as that is.

A lot of guys don't see it that way.

I'm here. I'm walking in right now.

I got a car full of donuts for those kids.

- A coaster? What train? - Connie?

How the hell did this happen?

It just got away from me.

It got away from you?

It's a train, Dewey. Not a chipmunk.

I had to leave the cab to throw a switch.

- You left the cab? - Yeah.

And it gets worse.