A local freight train had a fire as it was rolling through town. Looks like they were able to coordinate with authorities to have fire crews on site when they stopped, but damages may be upwards of $1 million.
http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll ... 303210051/
NS Power catches fire in Northern KY
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NS Power catches fire in Northern KY
by Redferne » Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:17 am
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Re: NS Power catches fire in Northern KY
by SMMDigital » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:08 pm
It's a GE. Surprise surprise! Seriously though, was there something about the way the Dash 8/9's were built that was condusive to fires in the engine comparment? I've seen quite a few with rusty doors and hoods, and some that were straight out burned in that area.
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Re: NS Power catches fire in Northern KY
by Chessie8638 » Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:44 pm
Most common is a lube line cracking and spraying oil all over the turbo.
"Another cause on the early AC4400CW's and Dash 9's was the fuel injection system would inject excess fuel if the engineer throttled up too quickly. What resulted was a lot of unburned fuel going up the stack. As the turbo spooled up, the exhaust temperature would get hot enough to ignite the unburned fuel in the stack, often resulting in a brief, but multi-foot-high flame from the stack. If this happened in a tunnel or under and underpass, it would typically scorch the paint on around the stack of the locomtotive and often considerably down the side of the hood."
Most recently were GEVO's (the early ones) sending pistons flying out of the long hood. Crews were warned not to stand on the walkways when the engines where under load. Just my luck while railfanning in Marion, Ohio I had two of these things start up right next to me. This is a Dash 9, but it was basically the same thing: http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread ... 5#M1190655
"Another cause on the early AC4400CW's and Dash 9's was the fuel injection system would inject excess fuel if the engineer throttled up too quickly. What resulted was a lot of unburned fuel going up the stack. As the turbo spooled up, the exhaust temperature would get hot enough to ignite the unburned fuel in the stack, often resulting in a brief, but multi-foot-high flame from the stack. If this happened in a tunnel or under and underpass, it would typically scorch the paint on around the stack of the locomtotive and often considerably down the side of the hood."
Most recently were GEVO's (the early ones) sending pistons flying out of the long hood. Crews were warned not to stand on the walkways when the engines where under load. Just my luck while railfanning in Marion, Ohio I had two of these things start up right next to me. This is a Dash 9, but it was basically the same thing: http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread ... 5#M1190655
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Re: NS Power catches fire in Northern KY
by Csxgp38-2 » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:54 pm
Just another reason I like the older EMD power haha. We need fire suppression systems on modern locomotives like the Pennsy had in the 1940s- they had a safety feature then we don't have today, how backwards is that?
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Re: NS Power catches fire in Northern KY
by NDORFN » Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:08 am
Csxgp38-2 wrote:Just another reason I like the older EMD power haha. We need fire suppression systems on modern locomotives like the Pennsy had in the 1940s- they had a safety feature then we don't have today, how backwards is that?
I saw an old school video of that on The Rail Channel a while back.
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Re: NS Power catches fire in Northern KY
by 1225fan5358 » Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:15 pm
most cases that i have heard that involved engines blowing up, it was NS power
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