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Western Railroad Discussion > I Thought They Abolished the Firemans Job?Date: 01/21/04 21:05 I Thought They Abolished the Firemans Job? Author: RonSD70 Shot was taken in March, 1990 at the siding at Walnut, CA. The westbound hauler had gone by us a couple of miles east of here with this unit showing flames coming out from the dynamic brake blister and around the fuel tank. At the time we didn't think that the crew had realized the unit was on fire, so we took off after the train. By the time we got to the siding at Walnut, they had stopped the train. After trying to put out the fire with all of the fire extinguishers they could find on the units, they finally had the dispatcher send for the fire department. The next shots show the unit with some flames showing, the crew's attempt to put out the fire, and a final shot of the firemen hosing down inside the engine compartment.
Date: 01/21/04 21:06 Unit With Flames Author: RonSD70 Date: 01/21/04 21:08 Crew Attempts to Put Out Fire Author: RonSD70 Date: 01/21/04 21:10 Pouring Water Into Engine Compartment Author: RonSD70 Date: 01/21/04 21:26 Re: Pouring Water Into Engine Compartment Author: fbe The roof over the grids get hot enough to melt the soles of your boots. I know from experience.
Safety first, don't shoot the water in until you have killed the unit, isolated the unit and pulled the battery switch. Date: 01/22/04 01:01 Re: Pouring Water Into Engine Compartment Author: FGS Absolutly great photo series. Thanks for sharing.
Jimmy "B" Date: 01/22/04 16:21 Re: Pouring Water Into Engine Compartment Author: updispr fbe Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The roof over the grids get hot enough to melt the > soles of your boots. I know from experience. > Safety first, don't shoot the water in until you > have killed the unit, isolated the unit and pulled > the battery switch. If you have killed it and opened the battery switch, isolating it really does not matter. |