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« Reply #2100 on: July 27, 2017, 09:58:05 » |
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http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/burnham/118671/fire-crews-put-out-train-fire-near-burnham.htmlFire crews put out train fire near Burnham
Will Taylor
09:23AM, Thursday 27 July 2017
Rail passengers en route to London suffered an unusual delay after the engine in a driver cab on their train caught fire.
Firefighters from Slough, Maidenhead and Bracknell attended the blaze at about 11.20pm last night (Wednesday), with the train stopped between Burnham and Taplow.
Trains going through the area were stopped as fire crews attended the incident.
The Slough crew initially fought the fire, which was in the rear cab, with fire extinguishers.
The firefighters were unable to use water until the newly-installed overhead electrical wires were shut down by Network Rail.
Once they received word they were down, the crew was able put out the blaze.
All 52 people on board, who were travelling from Bristol to London, were fine and let off at Slough station.
They had been unable to disembark earlier from the train as it was in the middle of the track.
The train guard had moved passengers down the train away from the fire, and were seen to by the South Central Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team.
The Slough fire crew left the incident by 4am.
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« Reply #2101 on: July 27, 2017, 10:12:51 » |
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The firefighters were unable to use water until the newly-installed overhead electrical wires were shut down by Network Rail.
I hadn't thought of that one as a side-effect of electrification. But then, wouldn't they normally use foam on an engine fire? And we won't even go here...
the engine in a driver cab on their train caught fire
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« Reply #2102 on: July 27, 2017, 11:07:07 » |
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Any member of the emergency services normally will not go on a railway line if the overheads are still live.
Probably not a good idea to use form as the engine room still contains electrics. The power cars are fitted with Inergen fire extinguishers.
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« Reply #2103 on: July 27, 2017, 14:26:08 » |
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I gather the Over-Head Line Equipment (OHLE) was switched off within 5 minutes of the first report of the engine fire to the signaller (which was made as it passed Maidenhead), so that would have been before the fire services arrived on site, though obviously communicating that fact to them would take a little longer. Only two tracks were available out of the four due to an engineering possession which complicated things a little.
Edit: VickiS - Clarifying Acronym
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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« Reply #2104 on: July 27, 2017, 20:35:40 » |
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I gather the OHLE was switched off within 5 minutes of the first report of the engine fire to the signaller (which was made as it passed Maidenhead), so that would have been before the fire services arrived on site, though obviously communicating that fact to them would take a little longer. Only two tracks were available out of the four due to an engineering possession which complicated things a little.
If there was no risk to life or the fire spreading from the confines of the engine compartment / cab etc then the Fire Brigade may have waited until the RIO▸ was on site (RIO Rail Incident Officer) likely to have been a MOM▸ (Mobile Operations Manager). I expect a Bronze or even a Silver Command would have been established between the various control centres ( NR» , Fire, BTP▸ , Ambulance and TOC▸ ) This a well document process, which the various organisations hold regular liaison meetings |
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #2105 on: July 28, 2017, 08:15:59 » |
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A fault with the signalling system at London Paddington has been resolved and services are returning to normal. Delays of up to 20 minutes to journeys to and from the station is expected to continue until 10:00.
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« Reply #2106 on: July 29, 2017, 16:41:34 » |
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Re Slough Fire, it was a little emotional heading back on the 23:18 from Pad to Reading...... stopped for an hour outside Pad, then a little longer at Hayes and Harlington, before pulling into Reading around 03:20hrs.
Whilst we were having a slow, information free adventure up the main line (thanks to a knackered Tannoy system on the little donkey train), those remaining at Pad had to wait until the station staff agreed to organise taxis at around 03:00 hrs in the morning.
Not one of the network's finer moments for incident management........!
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« Reply #2107 on: July 31, 2017, 16:23:41 » |
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Just to keep this threads record up to date: The signalling on the Up Main between Taplow and Slough failed yesterday evening (Sunday 30/07/2017) and caused some disruption for two or three hours. Hopefully TAPLOWGREEN was tucked up in bed by then.....  |
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« Reply #2108 on: July 31, 2017, 20:37:31 » |
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Just to keep this threads record up to date: The signalling on the Up Main between Taplow and Slough failed yesterday evening (Sunday 30/07/2017) and caused some disruption for two or three hours. Hopefully TAPLOWGREEN was tucked up in bed by then..... Sadly no - I was doing Missionary work in Cornwall |
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« Reply #2109 on: July 31, 2017, 22:08:29 » |
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Got caught in this failure on the Valley Legend (Pad to Ebbw Vale and Tower Colliery.
Should have been around 15 early but crawled signal to signal from Birkenhead.
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« Reply #2110 on: August 01, 2017, 08:40:32 » |
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Got caught in this failure on the Valley Legend (Pad to Ebbw Vale and Tower Colliery.
Should have been around 15 early but crawled signal to signal from Birkenhead. Crikey, bet that was a lot of signals to pass at danger. Did you mean Burnham......  |
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« Reply #2111 on: August 01, 2017, 10:09:53 » |
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well off course then, even for a railtour!
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« Reply #2112 on: August 02, 2017, 11:55:49 » |
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Spell checker!
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« Reply #2113 on: August 03, 2017, 06:50:41 » |
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Good morning....................?
Due to engineering works not being finished on time between Slough and London Paddington some lines are blocked.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 20 minutes or revised. Disruption is expected until 10:00 03/08.
Customer Advice
Owing to enginneering work not finishing on time, this is affecting the relief lines between Slough and Southall which are currently blocked, we are unable to operate the full timetabled service to and from London Paddington at present. There will be a reduction in the frequency of train services (in both directions) between London Paddington and Reading / Oxford. Any other train service cancellations or alterations will be advised on an individual basis.
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« Reply #2114 on: August 03, 2017, 06:56:01 » |
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Seems to be Readings & Maidenheads that are being cancelled currently
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