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Don, Well, my point was that the public reported seeing heavy black smoke, unburned fuel, and sparks— all of which were erupting from the exhaust stack, so they interpreted it as a fire and called the fire department.  Since this fire and smoke was coming from the exhaust stack, I surmised that the the so-called "fire", contrary to the news reports, was not a free burning fire onboard the locomotive such as a burning fuel from a leak or an electrical fire.  Instead, I concluded that the so-called "fire" was an extension of the combustion process originating inside of the prime mover. I theorized that it was a turbo that had failed, causing air starvation, and resulting in a fuel-rich ratio.  But if a turbo can’t cause that, and if an injector nozzle can, then that sounds like a plausible explanation.  Although, I am surprised that one could cause the extent of the symptoms reported. In any case, my larger point is that the MM&A chose to let the ailing engine idle all night rather than shut it down and run one of the other four.   And to me, this indicates a hurry to quit, and a lack of care that might have a connection to the lack of care in securing the train.   A still larger point is that this hurry and lack of care seems to have been a decision of the engineer’s supervisor, and was actually opposed by the engineer. And so my largest point is that until we know that MM&A train securement rules and policy was not sloppy and inadequate, it is premature to blame the engineer.  The failed train securement may have been caused by the MM&A rather than the engineer.
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