Vandals Send Locomotives on 214-Mile Runaway Trip

Vandals started three Union Pacific locomotives at the local railroad yard on Friday and sent them empty at full throttle to the west on the Union Pacific main line, authorities said.

After a trip of 214 miles, the linked locomotives were stopped by railroad employees who diverted them off the main line onto a spur, where they crashed into a boxcar. The boxcar was destroyed and one locomotive turned over. No one was hurt.