Lakeshore Limited Train Fire

I heard that the Eastbound Lakeshore limited train is on fire near Rotterdam New York on Sunday 1/9/11

Isn't this the third fire in three weeks for Amtrak?

Soon they will be posting these at the stations and on board:

Must have been a small fire, #49 is on schedule at this time to Utica.

Sorry about that, gave the westbound facts, I see on Amtrak status for 48, that there was a long delay between Schenectady & Albany.

Fire was on the eastbound #48 west of Schenectady. News media
reported it was the second locomotive. Amtrak status is showing
#48 due into NYP 2 hours and 28 minutes late and #448 is estimated
3 hrs and 17 minutes late into Boston.

The East bound Lakeshore limited consisting of lead engine #192 and second engine #70
caught fire slightlly east of Schenectady NY today in Rotterdam NY about 4:00 p.m. The second engine #70 caught fire.
The fire was out about 6:00 p.m. Several local fire companies responded. The passengers where not evacuated from the train. I have several pictures, I will post them as soon as I figure out how

Railhead wrote:The East bound Lakeshore limited consisting of lead engine #192 and second engine #70
caught fire slightlly east of Schenectady NY today in Rotterdam NY about 4:00 p.m. The second engine #70 caught fire.
The fire was out about 6:00 p.m. Several local fire companies responded. The passengers where not evacuated from the train. I have several pictures, I will post them as soon as I figure out how

I have many photos.

Nice big high quality photo: http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20 ... tterdam-ny

Many smaller photos: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article ... 947218.php

I am glad the fire department was able to access the row, seems as if it lit some surrounding trees on fire as well.

Here is a link to my photos from today

http://images.nikonians.org/galleries/s ... ?cat=17833

It appears that they did need water that time. I guess it's time for Amtrak to increase inspections for fuel leaks....or begin stocking the safety cabinet with marshmallows.

No trees where on fire. The orange in the trees is from all the lights on the emergency vehicles.
The fire was contained to the locomotive.

This is the third time since Nov. 10 for Amtrak maybe they should consider a fire suppression system this time. On the VIA forum they have a forensic report on the same kind of fire from Aug. 2009. It says that the hold down bolts on the high pressure jumper failed through fatigue as the results of improper bolt tension, i.e. they didn't follow the correct procedure in tightening the bolts.

Just noticed that the two engines were not running elephant style. That's strange for Amtrak.

Jersey_Mike wrote:Just noticed that the two engines were not running elephant style. That's strange for Amtrak.

The main reason they do it that way is incase the first unit has problems, they don't need to call a host RR for help in-route.

Huh? That doesn't follow. Wouldn't that be a reason you'd be MORE likely to run elephant style?