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What causes the GE diesel locos to have burned paint on sides?

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Posted by NorthWest on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 4:54 PM

Image of the aftermath:

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/568741

For those that are interested, this was one of CSX's "heritage units" with the Chessie System emblem.

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Posted by Entropy on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 7:01 AM

Wizlish

Am I right to be nervous about what that 'nonflammable liquid leaking from the train' might be?

Where are the internal places where fire would burn through part of the cooling system?  Or is this 'scratch one FDL block'...

 

I don't speculate anymore, it could've been residual fire extinguisher fluid. 

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