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SEPTA Commuter Train Catches Fire, 1st Car Burns at Overbrook This Morning

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SEPTA Commuter Train Catches Fire, 1st Car Burns at Overbrook This Morning
Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 10:50 AM

Well, it was a Silverliner of some kind.  No one hurt - it seems that an alert crew and the emergency evacuation windows all worked as they should.  Some pretty spectacular photos on the KYW site of the Philly firemen hosing it down - under the catenary, no less !  The MSNBC site has the same report as the Philadelphia Inquirer, but a better photo of the burned-out hulk afterwards.

http://www.kyw1060.com/Septa-Train-Fire-Near-Overbrook-Station-Halts-Serv/5596507 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33618603/ns/us_news

Weird news these days, huh ?

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 4:54 PM

Not an accusation, but it sure makes me nervous that it happened two days into a transit strike.

Dave

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Posted by oltmannd on Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:01 AM
It was a Silverliner II or III, not a IV. They were built in the early 1960s, I think, and have never been rebuilt that I'm aware of. They are on their way out once the new Silverliner Vs arrive.

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Thursday, November 5, 2009 1:08 PM

 Not suspicious - supposedly started in a heater unit:

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=resources/traffic&id=7099560 

Link to more photos - again, pretty spectacular:

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/gallery?section=news&id=7099606&photo=1

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