Pictures and a video show NS C40-9W 9387 as the second engine on a train in Beaver county, Pennsylvania with the engine on fire. The fire appears to be confined to the engine compartment but is quite spetacular with flames shooting well above the locomotivs. The lead engine crew evacualted the engine and are safe. Wonder if the engine will be salvageable, Though the Altoona Works can perform miracles it looked pretty bad.
caldreamerPictures and a video show NS C40-9W 9387 as the second engine on a train in Beaver county, Pennsylvania with the engine on fire. The fire appears to be confined to the engine compartment but is quite spetacular with flames shooting well above the locomotivs. The lead engine crew evacualted the engine and are safe. Wonder if the engine will be salvageable, Though the Altoona Works can perform miracles it looked pretty bad.
Various GE locomotives have a history of catching on fire. Most if not all eventually return to service after being shopped to both fix the cause and the damage.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu7EOJcIW10
I can't tell if this started as a blown turbo, broken fuel line, or something else, but the FDL engine does seem to suffer an awful lot of fires like this.
Nearly all of our Dash-8s and Dash-9s have either fresh paint or a large burned patch on the hood above the engine.
I agree that this damage is repairable (other units have come back from worse), but if the unit needs a completely new engine or other major work it is likely to go into storage, seeing as NS seems to be not exactly power short right now.
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Some photos from the scene: https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/photos-fire-crews/MIXCY66XJJH4VAEJ4MPNCW6GMA/
There are larger versions of those images on the Baden VFD FB page: https://www.facebook.com/badenfirerescue
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It's also possible (probable?) that this locomotive will be a candidate for the rebuilding program and come out of the shop as an AC4400C6M.
Fire looks like it potentially spread to the cab and electrical cabinet.
Everything looks a bit crispy at the front in pictures elsewhere, but she also was facing the rear of the train while the fire was going on before they got the train stopped. So it very well may not have spread to the interior of those spaces and the exterior just was scorched by the flames from the engine compartment while the train was still moving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu7EOJcIW10
So perhaps a bit more severe than normal if it did lead to some interior damage of the cab or electrical cabinet. But all of that gets replaced anyways during AC44C6M rebuilding, so even if that's the case, likely not a major issue.
Several of her sisters from the same order are already at Wabtec for the 2022 AC44C6M rebuild program.
tree68 Some photos from the scene: https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/photos-fire-crews/MIXCY66XJJH4VAEJ4MPNCW6GMA/ There are larger versions of those images on the Baden VFD FB page: https://www.facebook.com/badenfirerescue
I got a kick on the news reader saying the engine will be sent to the GARAGE!
Looking closely at the picture NSDash9.com has posted to their Facebook page, I don't think the fire actually penetrated the cab and electrical cabinet.
https://www.facebook.com/nsdash9/photos/a.380536283842/10158955449938843/?type=3
Probably a moot point though, since as I said they're now rebuilding these 1999-built examples in the AC44C6M program. I'd bet she doesn't operate again as a Dash 9 and will enter the program this year at Ft. Worth or Juniata.
Leo_Ames at Ft. Worth or Juniata
You mean "the garage?"
Too much external combustion. Not enough internal combustion. Is there a code for that or is it just "miscellaneous mechanical defect"
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oltmannd Too much external combustion. Not enough internal combustion. Is there a code for that or is it just "miscellaneous mechanical defect"
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