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Passenger Trains > Fires disrupt Keystones...likely caused by sparks from trainDate: 05/02/15 22:02 Fires disrupt Keystones...likely caused by sparks from train Author: GenePoon Brush fires along Amtrak rail likely caused by sparks from train
Daily Local News, West Chester PA by Lucas Rodgers 05/02/15 > Firefighters responded to a brush fire along railroad tracks of the > Amtrak-owned Keystone Corridor, behind residences in the 3000 block > of West Sadsbury Township around 9:34 a.m. Friday morning. Multiple > small fires were reported that morning, including two in Valley > Township and three in the western end of Chester County as far as the > border with Lancaster County, said Brian Gathercole, fire chief of > the Keystone Valley Fire Department. Sadsburyville, Christiana, > Cochranville, Honey Brook, Gap, Union and Wagontown fire companies > also responded to the fires along the railroad tracks. Amtrak rail > services were temporarily shut down for the safety of fire crews. > > It’s suspected that the fires were started by sparks thrown from a > passing train’s wheels grinding on the rails. Tim Burns, a resident > of Upper Valley Road whose property borders the railroad tracks, > called 9-1-1 around 9:28 a.m. to alert authorities about the fire. He > reported seeing flames in the brush on the edge of the railroad > tracks about 15 minutes after a freight train carrying concrete and > railroad ties traveled through the area...Burns is a retired railroad track > maintenance foreman; he was employed by Amtrak for 36 years. > > All of the fires were reported to be under control around 10:17 a.m., > and Amtrak resumed the Keystone Service at 11 a.m. However, the > Keystone Valley Fire Department was sent out again at 1:19 p.m. to > respond to additional brush fires in the 3700 and 3900 blocks of > Upper Valley Road...Amtrak had to suspend rail services again shortly after 2 > p.m., but service was resumed around 3:30 p.m. Full story with photo: Brush fires along Amtrak rail likely caused by sparks from train Date: 05/03/15 07:05 Re: Fires disrupt Keystones...likely caused by sparks from train Author: Lackawanna484 Perhaps, in some very dry areas with lots of underbrush, Amtrak (and NS/CSX?) need to send out speeders / high railrers to follow trains.
NJ Transit did that following a dozen or so small fires in the Allendale, Ridgewood, Waldwick a few years ago. Exceptionally dry weather provided lots of fuel. Date: 05/03/15 11:34 Re: Fires disrupt Keystones...likely caused by sparks from train Author: Tominde Was the fire caused by a couple "making sparks" on the way to Pittsburgh?
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