Guilford train sparks forest fires

http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/n ... 1169.shtml

and

http://www.bangornews.com/news/?a=113538&z=182

And again, this time a bit further south:

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/ ... ches.shtml

Yipes! I didn't think today's engines made that many sparks.

I've actually seen a lot of sparks come out of the exhaust stacks of Guilford's locomotives, but only at night when it's really dark -- it's almost impossible to see during the daytime.

A stuck brake shoe on a car could create sparks as well.

Is that what your signature photo shows?

If Guilford was still running GE locomotives, that would be an entirely different story!

Guilford making friends everywhere.

Actually, EMD locomotives are usually at fault when an engine becomes a
"fire starter". I can't explain just why that is but I recall various problems
in years past. The earlier GP-38's and GP-40's were notorious for that
sort of a problem.
Noel Weaver

Noel Weaver wrote:The earlier GP-38's and GP-40's were notorious for that sort of a problem.

Whenever I've seen Guilford's ex-Penn Central GP40s idling at night, there's always lots of little sparks flying up out of the stack. I haven't noticed it as much with their ex-Canadian Natioanl GP40-2Ws.

More news on the same subject:

http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/n ... 7259.shtml

I was in Lowell last Tuesday (May 10th) to watch Guilford at work. It was about 11pm give or take (just after the last MBTA departure for the train to Boston). I and my friend saw a lot of sparks coming out of the 4 engines as they were idling, but when the train started moving there was a lot of sparks as well as some small flames coming from them, something I didn't think was that common. (By the way the train was 94 cars long; most looked empty though because a lot of doors were open as the train went by.)