Unstoppable (2010)

Kevin Dunn: Galvin

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• Oscar Galvin : I am not jeopardizing more personnel and more property just because some engineer wants to play *hero*! End of discussion! That train is our property. It's our decision! Now you stop your pursuit or I will fire you!

  Frank : [chuckles]  Fire... You already did.

  Oscar Galvin : Already did what?

  Frank : You've already fired me. I received my 90-day notice in the mail... 72 days ago. Forced early retirement, half benefits.

  Oscar Galvin : So you're gonna risk your life for us with three weeks left.

  Frank : Not for you. I'm not doing it for you.

• Will : Mr. Galvin, this is Will Colson, your conductor. I'm letting you know we're gonna run this bitch down.

  Oscar Galvin : Well, maybe you didn't hear what I just said, Colson. I will fire you!

  Will : Well, that's too bad. I was just starting to like this job.

• Oscar Galvin : Did I or did I not tell you to get 1206 off the main?

  Connie : I asked them nicely.

• Oscar Galvin : [after 777 rips through the derails]  What - what the hell was that?

  Connie : THAT was ten million pounds of train, Mr. Galvin! And THIS is the sound of me saving your ass!

  [punches the transmitter] 

  Connie : 1206, do you copy?

• Frank : Mr. Galvin, with all due respect, I've been railroading 28 years. I'm telling you, we got a real chance to stop this thing.

  Oscar Galvin : No, we already tried.

  Frank : That was from the front. We're long hood lead back. It's a different situation. We got more control now.

  Oscar Galvin : What if I cancel the derailer and you fail, Frank? Huh? That train will be doing seventy miles an hour into that elevated S-curve in Stanton. The damage will be a hundred times worse.

  Frank : Right. I'm just telling you, the portable derailer is worthless. You got too much train traveling entirely too fast.

• Oscar Galvin : God damn it! You listen to me, you son of a bitch! You will be fired!

  Frank : You're breaking up... sorry... you're... this garbage is

  [pretends that the signal over the radio has become weak] 

  Connie : Sir, I think they're gone.

• Connie : [after suggesting to derail 777 in open farmland, Connie gets on the phone]  Mr. Galvin, I understand that's gonna cost the company a lot of money...

  Oscar Galvin : Do you think? Ms. Hooper, we are not going to intentionally destroy one of our own trains. Not when we can still stop it.

  Connie : We can avoid a lot of collateral...

  Oscar Galvin : Now, I'm going to extend you my last ounce of goodwill and pretend this conversation never happened!

  [Hangs up] 

  Connie : [pauses for a moment]  He thinks I'm worried about my job.

  [hangs up angrily] 

• Connie : Frank, you're right, about the derailment. They're, uh, they're planning an attempt outside of Arlow.

  Frank : Tell them idiots it ain't gonna work. That portable derailer, it's worthless.

  Oscar Galvin : She already told us.

  Connie : Frank, this is Oscar Galvin, VP of Operations, patched in at his request, open mic.

• Connie : Mr. Galvin, how are you?

  Oscar Galvin : God damn it. How could this happen?

  Connie : It's an unfortunate combination of human error and bad luck.

  Oscar Galvin : Luck? You know, I was a yardmaster for ten years, Ms. Hooper. Luck has no business in a rail yard.

• Connie : This train is half a mile long and is traveling at speed into population with eight freight cars of hazardous chemicals and 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel. Sir, we're not just talking about a train here. We're talking about a missile the size of the Chrysler Building.

  Oscar Galvin : So, what is your point, Ms. Hooper?

  Connie : My point is after it crosses through Findlay, there's... there's about twelve miles of open farmland, but after that, it's nothing but town after town all the way to Stanton. We have a very limited window here.

  Oscar Galvin : So, what are you suggesting we do, derail it?

  Connie : Yes, sir, I am. While we still can.

• Oscar Galvin : [learning of 1206 on the news]  What the hell is this? We gotta learn about it on damn TV?