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Freight train fire at Warwick
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Cherry_Picker
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Where exactly is this? Warwick station? Up or down line? Is the line closed? (etc)
Erm, given one poster reported a fire possibly involving dangerous goods, I'd say it's a fair bet that the line is closed!!!
sprinterguy
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4O54 Leeds to Southampton Freightliner apparently, so it'll be affecting the up line presumably:
http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?p=799966#post799966
http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?p=799966#post799966
sprinterguy
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Now on the Chiltern website:
Cherry_Picker
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Erm, given one poster reported a fire possibly involving dangerous goods, I'd say it's a fair bet that the line is closed!!!
Aye, but I'd rather know for sure than assume. I have checked the Twitters and it was first reported there at 10:53, and you can add five or ten minutes time from the incident happening and it making it onto the internet. The train has been standing still for an hour or so as I write this post.
I presume it will need assistance if the loco is knackered. There is a fairly steep gradient on the up road into Leamington Spa station where it can be put into the middle road if it fits. If not, then I guess assistance in the rear to be moved back to the goods loop at Hatton. There is an up to down crossover at Warwick, so if the back of the train is clear of that then crossing over should be a formality.
Selfishly I just hope everything is back to normal before I book on.
DarloRich
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in that case may I suggest retreating to minimum safe distance and let the firemen do their stuff!
Schnellzug
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oh dear, another one? Maybe they ought to hire in some 47s.
NightatLaira
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At least it's not a 90 or 86 involved this time... or we might have calls for an end to AC freight haulage 
On a serious note though - I hope everyone involved is ok.
On a serious note though - I hope everyone involved is ok.
ANDYS
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I see this train practically everyday as it stands for its path southwards at Chesterfield. I can never see the loco because of the vegetation and this morning it was just setting off. It feels a little weird to think that problems lay just around the metaphorical corner.
Hope that it gets sorted OK.
Andy S
Hope that it gets sorted OK.
Andy S
saw it dumped at Leamington this evening, doesnt look damaged at all.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ketmonkey/6150490607/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ketmonkey/6150490607/
fgwrich
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saw it dumped at Leamington this evening, doesnt look damaged at all.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ketmonkey/6150490607/
Now reported as being down to a faulty Turbo / Exhaust fire - Though it looks fairly normal, its rather more black just past the Exhaust port!
NightatLaira
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Do 66's have 'fire alarms' in downstream of the turbo then? How would a driver know if they had a fire in the exhaust box / silencer?
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