Freight train on fire at Castlethorpe nr Milton Keynes

[Roylang]

Sure, but do any of these things contain particularly large quantities of combustible parts?

I was under the impression that other than a bit of cable sheathing, most of what's in an electric loco is metal?

If I remember rightly, this was asked a long time ago and the answer was that a number of items that get very hot are oil cooled.

Roy

 

[DarloRich]

Before it left Bletchley the fire brigade were still checking the loco over. There was a "normal" firemean with a yello hat and an "incident commander" with a white hat and black rings on site

 

[DjU]

57304 & 90042 ( mobile BBQ) south through MKC at 13:45

The damage didnt look too bad. (at least non the left hand side in the direction of travel) It wasnt all blackend and scorched

It looks pretty charred on the inside!

 

[Juniper Driver]

90s don't have a lot of luck with fires do they? What exactly causes an electric loco to catch fire anyway? What is there to actually contribute to the fire load inside one?

The electric motor.

 

[DarloRich]

It looks pretty charred on the inside!

that is what i was trying to say - i thought the internals would be pretty well cooked!

 

[northernrail]

A 86 and a 90 in 2011!, whats the status of the 86, last time i saw it it was in Crewe Heritage Center.

 

[Whistler40145]

Are Freightliner hammering their locos or is it the age of the locos?

 

[ChrisCooper]

They do get worked hard, afterall they are going to be on full power a lot of the time when hauling heavy freightliners, compared to passenger service when it's a couple of minutes acceleration followed by cruising.

The transformers and rectifiers on electric locos are both oil cooled so are a fire souce if things get hot. Another thing that can cause minor fires (that depending on circumstances can spread) is rubbish pulled in by the cooling fans. Rheostatic brake grids are fairly prone to that.

 

[yummy125]

It looks pretty charred on the inside!

Can someone add a pic here if they can get inside of the 90..?

 

[Whistler40145]

Is it curtains for 90042 or will a trip to Works be on the Cards?