International Railroad Discussion > VLI wood train C176 caught fire (Brazil)

Hi, two VLI wood trains caught fire in the last 48 hours. The hot and dry weather could be the reason. Too many fires near the tracks these days.

Pefro

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,

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Pedro, do they have a cause yet? ....the fire seems spread along the train.....was there a lineside fire they went through? ....caused by brakes?.....arson?

Bob

Are the members of the crew, safe? wag216

Bob, VLI said it was caused by vandals, but I am not dure about it. The location in the video is just 15 km from my town. I saw this train passing here in town and noboby saw fire starting on it. The train didn' stopped from here to that yard, so it is difficult to believe that somebody could set fire in 10 cars in movement.
No injouries to the crew or other people near the tracks.

navarch2 Wrote:
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> Pedro, do they have a cause yet? ....the fire
> seems spread along the train.....was there a
> lineside fire they went through? ....caused by
> brakes?.....arson?
>
> Bob

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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

Another video...

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
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I'm suprised the crew didn't uncouple 2-3 cars ahead to save the rest of the train . . .  instead of moving slowly and fanning the flames.  Do freights in Brazil require a caboose and tail end crewman?

Craig
mcmrailvideos.com

Hi, in the video we see the train moving slowly becase it was arriving in the siding ahead. The train had 90 cars and the fire was in the last cars. At the time of the video, the engineer didn't know about the fire.
No, the railroads here do not use cabooses anymore. The last one to use them was EFA, a standard gauge rwy in the North.

Pedro

spdaylight Wrote:
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> I'm suprised the crew didn't uncouple 2-3 cars
> ahead to save the rest of the train . . .
>  instead of moving slowly and fanning the flames.
>  Do freights in Brazil require a caboose and tail
> end crewman?
>
> Craig
> mcmrailvideos.com

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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

i'm surprised the air hoses didn't melt between the cars and dump the train into emergency.......

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