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2B28 1258 Inverurie to Montrose fire?

voyagerdude220

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Apparently today's (16/06/26) 2B28 1258 Inverurie to Montrose (158708) has reported a small fire onboard upon this train's arrival of Montrose, which has since been extinguished. I've no info regarding any damage caused to the train or if any injuries have occurred.

Trains seem to be running towards Aberdeen but the train involved still seems to be at Montrose, preventing trains from running in the opposite direction.

Realtime Trains claims delays have been caused by a problem with brakes, so perhaps overheating brakes?
 
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voyagerdude220 said:
Apparently today's (16/06/26) 2B28 1258 Inverurie to Montrose (158708) has reported a small fire onboard upon this train's arrival of Montrose, which has since been extinguished. I've no info regarding any damage caused to the train or if any injuries have occurred.

Trains seem to be running towards Aberdeen but the train involved still seems to be at Montrose, preventing trains from running in the opposite direction.

Realtime Trains claims delays have been caused by a problem with brakes, so perhaps overheating brakes?
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Can also be binding brakes/ dragging brakes, parking brake stuck on etc
 
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Line seems to have reopened around 1645.

Local news is reporting the fire service as saying "an exhaust on the train had overheated and showed very high readings".
 
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Norther Monkey said:
Appreciate there's a lot of detail missing. It just seemed to be blocking the line for a long time given the reports are that it was overheating rather than fire.
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There are sidings there they could potentially have moved to, but I'm not sure whether that would then be an issue for fire service access if a fire developed. I'm guessing the biggest part of the delay was getting something there to assist once they decided they needed that. Presumably, they had to get the following southbound HSTs (1T42 and 1B84) out of the way first so a 170 or maybe the next 158 doing an Inverurie to Montrose (2B30) run could head down for a rescue?
 
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