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<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">[quote user="Paul_D_North_Jr"]</span>Who - or how - was the fire department notified of the 1st fire on one of the locomotives of the parked train ? <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">[/quote]</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">The cab driver who picked up the engineer noticed heavy smoke coming from the engine, and asked the engineer about it. Apparently there were oil droplets in the smoke landing on the taxicab. The engineer did not seem too concerned, but shortly after, someone noticed a small fire and called the fire department. They showed up with 12 men and put the fire out with a fire extinguisher. They also shut down that engine, which was the only one running. The shutdown was a normal procedure that the fire department were trained to do. Ed Burkhardt blamed the runaway on the fire department, saying that when the shut down that engine, it caused the train's brakes to release. </span></p> <p> </p>
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