According to Networkrail disruptions, a freight train loco fire caused disruption at Bristol Parkway this p.m. The post said that "the driver is using the second loco to push the train clear". Anyone any info on the train and culprit loco please?
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Loco fire at Bristol Parkway 22/7
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Image here. Loco is 47739
Assume it was this service http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/R41349/2013/07/22/advanced
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A guess, but it looks like one of the traction motors has gone up in flames? Does anyone know any more?
Also is it prejudice that I thought Class 70 when I saw 'loco' and 'fire' in the same sentence?
Also is it prejudice that I thought Class 70 when I saw 'loco' and 'fire' in the same sentence?
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asylumxl
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A guess, but it looks like one of the traction motors has gone up in flames? Does anyone know any more?
Also is it prejudice that I thought Class 70 when I saw 'loco' and 'fire' in the same sentence?
This was my original thought too, but it turned out to be wrong.
Reminds me of the shot of the EMT HST (used by EC) in a cloud of smoke outside Finsbury Park.
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Be glad it isn't a 70 for once! Makes a change 
(I've seen too much of the EC/EMT HST)
(I've seen too much of the EC/EMT HST)
Yet again those poor innocent Class 70s get the stick for no reason whatsoever.Be glad it isn't a 70 for once! Makes a change
(I've seen too much of the EC/EMT HST)
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Aside from the fact that they have caught fire on numerous well-noted occasions.
It's all tounge-in-cheek, apologies if I have caused any offence!
[The numerous statements made by myself and others about Class 70 combustion and suchwise bear little relevance to statistical evidence.]
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Yes but what is the fleets actual miles per casualty? Or whatever metric we're using these days?
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yeah suspected traction motor from the gen i was sent earlier... well that's now taken 739 out of the possibility for the Boston to washwood heath runs for a while....
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Be glad it isn't a 70 for once! Makes a change
(I've seen too much of the EC/EMT HST)
If something has to burn I would much prefer a '70 went up in smoke than a '47!
Let's hope we don't lose any more of them, though I would imagine this one might very well be repairable. Do we know the fate of 47 500 yet by the way?!
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If something has to burn I would much prefer a '70 went up in smoke than a '47!
Don't worry, there are still about 381 million Class 47s working on preserved lines which could replace working ones, so they're expendable.
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Don't worry, there are still about 381 million Class 47s working on preserved lines which could replace working ones, so they're expendable.
Perhaps Freightliner ought to buy some!
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Being a modern man. I much prefer a 70 to an old clapped out 47 
They should have just converted all the 47's to 57's
They should have just converted all the 47's to 57's
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If something has to burn I would much prefer a '70 went up in smoke than a '47!
Re 47500: I believe investigation is ongoing, so it remains dumped at Carnforth (visible from the station platforms) alongside 33030 and 37668
Thanks, Sam
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Still ongoing?! It'll have rusted away before they decide what happened at this rate!
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Being a modern man, I much prefer a 70 to an old clapped out 47
They should have just converted all the 47's to 57's
Do 'modern men' have defective eyesight?!
A fleet of 57s would be better than a fleet of humming/flaming Yank tanks, certainly. (Yes, I know about the GM engines in them!) :roll:
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It'll have rusted away before they look at it again and decide! As Eagle said, they're expendable though.
Do 'modern men' have defective eyesight?!
I certainly do - alongside a defective sense of humour
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Peter Mugridge
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In Rail 727 ( page 32 ) it says that 47 500 is unlikely to run again; the power unit looks set to be put into 47 787.
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High Dyke
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They took it off that run a few months ago when it broke down a couple of times in as many days; first time dragged back to Washwood Heath from Kingsbury on the outward journey and second time blew a turbo at Allington returning from Boston one night necessitating rescue by the nearest available Colas loco - at York...
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Is 787 a recommission job? If one dead loco allows another one to come back to life, I can live with that.
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Peter Mugridge
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Yes, 47 787 has been out of use for two years; it was originally going to have 47 236's engine put in it, apparently.
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47236 was inside the depot at Carnforth back in October, and it was reported its engine was being worked on for 47787
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