Fire on LIRR locomotive near Belmont Park - 5/10

From News12.com:

05/10/05) ELMONT - A fire broke out on a Long Island Rail Road locomotive in Elmont Tuesday.

The diesel train was sitting on the tracks near Belmont Park Race Track when it caught fire. The LIRR train was not carrying passengers and did not affect commuter service.

Fire officials are investigating the cause of the blaze. No one was injured.

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http://www.news12.com/LI/topstories/article?id=138041

in the words of that quiznos thing. . . mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm toasty!
anyone know if this was a DM? how bad was it? any one up for marshmallows?

Don't they store MOW around there? I'd bet it was an MP if it was Lirr (don't NYA drop off boxcars of hay there now?)

Too bad Tuesday is an NYRA dark day or there would have been hundreds of witnesses!!!

I've seen the "victim" of the fire (I drive on the Cross Island Parkway daily). It is one of the track vehicles (weird looking thing). The fire was at the cab end of the unit. Entire cab and area behing completely burned out. It is sitting on a flat car, along with two MP15ACs (one old blue and white, other blue gray and yellow), neither damaged.

What's funny is that last night they were sitting in the Belmont Park tracks, with the flat car (and unit) sitting between the MP15ACs. This morning they were on the mainline, just west of the Cross Island Parkway, with both MP15ACs cab-to-cab, and the flat car on the east end of the consist.

Stuart

A little old to reply but it was a track tamper. I was on there the next morning. They were blaming the 3rd rail.

If it is the PBR 550 designation that'll be the second time it cooked. It is now in Holban(Hillside). When is was new the whole cab went up during the concrete tie project between Queens and Hall. The LIRR already sent out to be rebuilt, what a costly piece of machinary!

hope the warrenty is still valid

I've heard or read somewhere that the LIRR goes through tampers rather quickly. What did someone leave the keys in the ignition?

scrap the tampres and bring back picks and maybe a jordan