Can not make this up

[blue streak 1]

Runaway bulldozer on fire down Amtrak rails

  http://www.fox23news.com/mostpopular/story/Albany-tracks-site-of-runaway-bulldozer/WpBGVg9ZtU6UxNGYShT2ew.cspx 

[Overmod]

Here's the live link.

God help us, there is a song in this...

[carnej1]

According to the news story the bulldozer was owned by a railroad construction company that was installing new track.

Anyone know which company (i.e Hulcher, Railworks)?

[aegrotatio]

Could it have been a runaway diesel engine? I wonder how those happen even after you shut the fuel supply.

[Paul of Covington]

aegrotatio

Could it have been a runaway diesel engine? I wonder how those happen even after you shut the fuel supply.

 

    Someone told me years ago that they actually burn the lubricating oil, though I find it hard to believe that there would be enough in the cylinders to keep it going.

[creepycrank]

Paul of Covington

aegrotatio

Could it have been a runaway diesel engine? I wonder how those happen even after you shut the fuel supply.

 

    Someone told me years ago that they actually burn the lubricating oil, though I find it hard to believe that there would be enough in the cylinders to keep it going.

In locomotives anyway, the runaway is caused by a failure of the turbocharger oil seal allowing lube oil to be pumped into the intake manifold where it runs into the cylinder causing a runaway. Their are air dampers made just for this type of emergencies that can be slammed shut to block off all the air entering the engine, otherwise you would need a very large CO2 fire extinguisher to stop it.