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Title: Not Just IETs Then..... Post by: SandTEngineer on October 13, 2018, 15:42:02 Looks horrendus. Glad everybody got out unhurt. 300 emergency workers on site at one time.
https://www.mdr.de/brisant/video-ice-wagen-geraet-auf-freier-strecke-in-brand-100.html Title: Re: Not Just IETs Then..... Post by: Thatcham Crossing on October 13, 2018, 21:20:00 Doesn't look good - did it bring the wire down?
Title: Re: Not Just IETs Then..... Post by: SandTEngineer on October 13, 2018, 22:50:44 Doesn't look good - did it bring the wire down? Yes, you can see it down in some of the stills in the report.Title: Re: Not Just IETs Then..... Post by: Thatcham Crossing on October 14, 2018, 20:44:04 Yes, I saw that, guess what I meant was could that have been the cause of the fire?
Title: Re: Not Just IETs Then..... Post by: SandTEngineer on October 14, 2018, 20:55:28 Oh sorry. Don't think so. Reports elsewhere state the train was stopped earlier in it journey after smoke was reported entering the carriage. The driver examined it and it was decided to lock it out of use and the journey continued. Suggestions elsewhere are that it was caused by an overheating axlebox and that it had been reported several times over the preceeding week, with no fault found.
Title: Re: Not Just IETs Then..... Post by: Thatcham Crossing on October 15, 2018, 07:41:03 So if the fire, or actions related to it, didn't bring the wire down, I wonder what did?
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