Breaking News NS Pittsburgh Line is Closed

[conrailman]

Breaking News NS 544 train is on Fire at Gray Station Road in Derry Twp,Near  my Hometown at Blairsville, Pa the Engines are on Fire a real Mess out there tonight.

[CrazyDelmar]

How bad is it getting?!?!?

Details, man, Details!

[conrailman]

1 of the Engines of the 23M Caught Fire in Battery Part of Engines with Oil catch fire, The Pittsburgh Line was Close for 3 Plus Hours. The Pittsburgh Line is Mess right Now with NS trains all backup everywhere. 3 Fire Department Blairsville my Hometown, Derry and Eastern Derry was on called plus the Hazmate people from Greensburg, Pa.

[conrailman]

Also the last time my hometown Fire Department was called to Gray Station Road was 2 plus years ago when Nutcase person Open the Coaches Door on former Amtrak Three Rivers Train 41 Jump Out of the Coach. 

[tcwright973]

Here's a link with some additional details:

http://www.wpxi.com/news/13329298/detail.html

Tom

[StillGrande]

The story starts by saying the fire was overnight, and then in the next sentence says the fire started at 9:15 am. 

The story also says the locomotive was completely destroyed, but the picture does not show anything. 

 I love reading the news stories.  We provide information to Congress from where I work in reports.  We also get them internally.  When we read the same story in the press based on the story, it almost never matches.  You often wonder whether they just made up the stuff they report. 

[Modelcar]

.....Seemingly, when an incident occurs on a railroad the reporters are completely in the "dark" on the subject.

[Railfan1]

What locomotives were on the train and which one was destroyed?

[PBenham]

NS 9801 and 9807, 9807 looked like it had a fire in the exhaust manifold. R.I.P 9807, the algores won't allow NS to fix you.

[conrailman]

They took very poor pictures.

[SSW9389]

Those 9800s are some of those high tech toasters, brought to you by the folks who bring good things to life.

 

NS 9801 and 9807, 9807 looked like it had a fire in the exhaust manifold. R.I.P 9807, the algores won't allow NS to fix you.

[locomutt]

Those 9800s are some of those high tech toasters, brought to you by the folks who bring good things to life.

 

NS 9801 and 9807, 9807 looked like it had a fire in the exhaust manifold. R.I.P 9807, the algores won't allow NS to fix you.

 

Hope they weren't made here like some of the dishwashers than can catch on fire, and have been recalled!! 

(Oh, that's another "Division" isn't it?!) 

[CNW 6000]

Any more news with this?  Either I'm not looking in the right spots or looking for something wrong but I can't find any more info!

[conrailman]

Go to Http://www.wpxi.com then click on News then Go down to Local Headlines.

[Railfan1]

Thanks for the link.

[wabash1]

Those 9800s are some of those high tech toasters, brought to you by the folks who bring good things to life.

 

NS 9801 and 9807, 9807 looked like it had a fire in the exhaust manifold. R.I.P 9807, the algores won't allow NS to fix you.

the 9800 are just regular run of the mill dash 9 junk the evo units started with 7500

[Andrew Falconer]

Most likely GE will build another Locomotive to replace it later this year.

[Railfan1]

?????

[mackb4]

 

 

                     

 

                    Here's GE's solution to the lightbulb     .

 

        NS's GE 8500-8600's are mechanical fuel injection,which are common for doing this.The 8700 up series of GE's (dash series) are electronic fuel injected,and are not as bad for doing this.The unit in this picture is the NS 8700.I had it a couple of years ago and it done this all night.Most likely a fuel filter or baggie air filter causing the problem.Or it could be a sensor not measuring the air for the fuel injectors correctly.

     I have seen alot of GE's from all different railroads lately with burnt paint on them.  

[Railfan1]

Thanks for sharing that pic.

[dwil89]

A posting on Trainorders related to this same topic reported that the line was held up for about 2 hours while a fire was put out on a engine on a Westbound 13G (old Conrail ESPI)symbol.

[SALfan]

 

 

                     

 

                    Here's GE's solution to the lightbulb     .

 

        NS's GE 8500-8600's are mechanical fuel injection,which are common for doing this.The 8700 up series of GE's (dash series) are electronic fuel injected,and are not as bad for doing this.The unit in this picture is the NS 8700.I had it a couple of years ago and it done this all night.Most likely a fuel filter or baggie air filter causing the problem.Or it could be a sensor not measuring the air for the fuel injectors correctly.

     I have seen alot of GE's from all different railroads lately with burnt paint on them.  

Maybe that's GE's new "flamethrower" option.  Would sure discourage anyone from riding on top of the unit.