Great Western Coffee Shop

London to Paddington train.

Maybe if this was the type of electrification used through Slough they wouldn't be years behind...

Whilst I appreciate that the good folk of the Slough Observer are unlikely to trouble the Pulitzer prize judges, I was more interested in the background to the incident rather than a critique of grammar, geography and/or technical detail.................never mind!  ::)

Internal Information:

UPDATE 6 at 03:57: Lines back open. 1P90 now in platform at Slough.

UPDATE 5 at 03:39: 1P90 now on the move.

UPDATE 4 at 03:15: BT Police have released the train to move to Slough station, the driver is still being interviewed by the Police. GWR fitters have nearly completed their examination of the train and the fire brigade are now packing up and going clear of the railway. The emergency services are now heading to Slough station to continue their investigations into the fire.

UPDATE 3 at 02:53: Fire brigade incident officer now conducting investigations. GWR fitter on board as of 02:20.

UPDATE 2 at 02:05: Passengers have been de-trained. Taxis en route. Fitter is to make assessment of damage and depending on this assessment the aim is to move 1P90 into the Up Relief platform at Slough.

UPDATE 1 at 01:43: Fire brigade on site.

Maidenhead, Slough and Reading providing taxi's.

Initial: 1P90 21:51 Hereford to London Paddington reports a fire on board in Coach E. Emergency services en route.

2R95 holding at Slough. 2P00 holding at Reading.

1P90 train on fire Slough West

03:42 RIO advises 5P90 is now in platform 5 at Slough station with the up / down main lines re-opened to traffic. The reason why the driver could not get brake release was the pass - com had been pulled in the toilet compartment and the fire had melted the pass-com handle.

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03:34 5P90 now on the move into Slough station
up / down mains will be re-open

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03:09 RIO advises the BT Police have released the train to allow to move to Slough station, the driver is still being interviewed by the Police. GWR fitters have nearly completed their examination of the train and the fire brigade are now packing up and going clear of the railway. The emergency services are now heading to Slough station to continue their investigations into the fire

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02:45 RIO advises he has made contact with the GWR fitter and on call manager. The fire brigade incident officer is on the train starting his investigation.

02:35 RAIB advised by GWR DCM

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02:27 GWR fitter at the access point walking to the train, the emergency services have completed a final sweep of the train removing any personal items they have found. All passengers have been removed and are at the nearby MacDonald's restaurant

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02:11 RIO requested to speak to the PICOP about shorting back T3 possession item 56. The fire brigade are at the moment clearing the affected coaches of smoke.

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01:37 GWR duty manager advises there is 17 passengers who have been evacuated onto the track. The TVSC Slough signaller advises the fire brigade have checked the train with nobody else left on the train, it appears the fire may have started in the toilets of coach F. There is two GWR managers enroute to the train.

01:44 RIO advises there is numerous passengers suffering from Breathing in smoke.

Lines remain blocked in the Slough area

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01:26 Emergency service update, the access point is at Berwick Road Slough.
Fire Brigade on site, via access at Berwick Avenue.

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01:12 Hayes MOM on site acting as RIO.


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01:04 TVSC Slough signaller advises the driver working 1P90 (21:51 Hereford to Paddington) has come to a stand on the up main with an unsolicited brake application. The driver believes it may be a possible pass- com activation with a report of a coach on the train smoking.

01:16 GWR advises they have evacuated the train with passenger now in the 10ft away from burning vehicle.

Berks Fire Brigade advised. Ref 7788.

Me too. However, there is no date on the article and I cannot see any abnormal activity on RTT at that time in the morning in the last seven days so difficult to comment really.