July 8, 2013 -- Aftermath of Lac-Mégantic Train Derailment

SPUCK · 07-10-2013, 06:19 AM

Often called rolling pipelines, trains just loaded with crude tankers.

I read that there were two engines. When last did you see a single engine freight train?? Not to mention rolling pipelines with one engine! The last rolling pipeline I saw had 5 engines on the front, seven engines in the center and 3 pushers on the rear. 13 engines total! So I'd bet there were at least two on this one.

I read that one engine had a traction motor fire (the 500hp motors that run each axle). The fire department AND the train personal determined, due to the nature of the blaze, that it was a fuel leak exacerbated by the engine still running and thereby providing fuel pressure. It was jointly determined by both parties that the affected engine should be shut down but that the 2nd engine needed to be left ON to provide air.

The fire and fire trucks were noted by an observant farmer who's land was adjacent to the event. After the fire was extinguished the fire engines departed. Sometime later (~30minutes) he witnessed the entire train roll by - uniquely without lights. Approximately 10 minutes later he witnessed brilliant flashes accompanied by large blasts from the direction of Lac-Megantic.

07-10-2013, 06:19 AM	#18
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Often called rolling pipelines, trains just loaded with crude tankers. I read that there were two engines. When last did you see a single engine freight train?? Not to mention rolling pipelines with one engine! The last rolling pipeline I saw had 5 engines on the front, seven engines in the center and 3 pushers on the rear. 13 engines total! So I'd bet there were at least two on this one. I read that one engine had a traction motor fire (the 500hp motors that run each axle). The fire department AND the train personal determined, due to the nature of the blaze, that it was a fuel leak exacerbated by the engine still running and thereby providing fuel pressure. It was jointly determined by both parties that the affected engine should be shut down but that the 2nd engine needed to be left ON to provide air. The fire and fire trucks were noted by an observant farmer who's land was adjacent to the event. After the fire was extinguished the fire engines departed. Sometime later (~30minutes) he witnessed the entire train roll by - uniquely without lights. Approximately 10 minutes later he witnessed brilliant flashes accompanied by large blasts from the direction of Lac-Megantic.

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