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Amtrak train catches fire after stopping in Elyria

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Filed by Chronicle-Telegram Staff December 15th, 2010 in Top Stories.
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ELYRIA Firefighters battled a blaze on an Amtrak locomotive Wednesday and helped Amtrak employees separate the burning engine from the rest of the train, which contained 128 passengers.

The early morning blaze caused an estimated $1 million damage to the $3.5 million locomotive, according to Elyria Fire Capt. Joseph Pronesti.

The fire was reported at 5:56 a.m. and the train got back on its way at 10:11 a.m. after another locomotive was brought in to help pull the train, Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham said.

The burning train could be seen in the predawn haze as Jerry Seda arrived at work at 5:55 a.m. at Blue Star Recycling, just east of the Amtrak station.

I heard all these alarms going and thought it was our shop, Seda said. I looked towards the tracks and saw flames shooting 10 to 12 feet into the air.

Seda said he heard the fire engines coming and worried about the safety of the people on the diesel-powered train.

I was waiting for an explosion, Seda said.

Fortunately, the three employees inside the locomotive and the rest of the people on the train escaped without injury, Graham said.

After firefighters knocked down the fire, Amtrak employees separated the two locomotives containing an estimated 1,800 gallons of diesel fuel, Pronesti said.

Diesel burns pretty hot cleaner and more intense than gasoline, Pronesti said. I think most of it burned it was really cooking.

Initially the Fire Department and the Lorain County Emergency Management Agency & Homeland Security prepared to put train passengers onto buses, but it was determined that the people were safe where they were, according to EMA Director Tom Kelley.

The trains second locomotive provided enough energy to heat the cars but not enough to pull the train until another locomotive arrived, Kelley said.

After the fire was extinguished, Amtrak reported that passengers were eating breakfast, Kelley said.

Pronesti said the people on the train had quite a show as firefighters battled the blaze and assisted train operators.

Im sure the passengers were inconvenienced with the delay of several hours, but they have quite a story to tell, Pronesti said. (The firefighters) did an outstanding job.

Graham said the train was traveling from Chicago to New York City and had stopped in Elyria at 5:49 a.m.

The fire was reported just after the train had left the Elyria station. After the fire, Graham said it continued on to its New York City destination.

Pronesti said the biggest problem for firefighters was getting water and access to the train. Crews attacked the fire from each side of the tracks and used water from two fire trucks and the closest hydrant, he said.

There are three sets of tracks, so train traffic was disrupted but not entirely cut off, Pronesti said. The damaged engine was pulled off to the side.

Contact Cindy Leise at 329-7245 or cleise@chroniclet.com.

Contact Rona Proudfoot at 329-7124 or rproudfoot@chroniclet.com.

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Yep GE! "Millenium" loco... More GEunk from Erie. No surprise that!

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Guess the reason Amtrak has a lotta GE's is cause EM cant come up with a viable alternative.
That could be why MPI is building a lot of new Commuter lokos.(with GE guts)

WILMERDING, Pa., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- MotivePower, a unit of Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB), has signed a contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to supply 20 next-generation HSP46 passenger locomotives to be delivered in 2012-2013.  The order is valued at $114.63 million including training, manuals and spare parts. 

The EPA Tier 3-compliant locomotives will be manufactured in Boise, Idaho with major components supplied by GE Transportation of Erie, Pa.  GE also will work closely with MotivePower on design, integration and testing.  Major components supplied by GE from its Erie and Grove City, Pa. facilities will include diesel engines, head-end power systems, computer control systems and its unique individual-axle AC traction systems.  The project is expected to create or retain 1,246 jobs.

"Commuter rail agencies across North America demand safe, reliable, cost-effective and environmentally responsible service, and locomotive power is a key ingredient," said Albert J. Neupaver, Wabtec's President and Chief Executive Officer.  "Our next-generation locomotives and this order from MBTA solidify MotivePower as the leading supplier of passenger locomotives in North America.  The new design, with advanced AC traction and remotely monitored on-board diagnostics technologies, also positions us to lead the way in developing locomotives for the higher-speed rail corridors of the future."

MotivePower's new HSP46 design leverages a broad spectrum of U.S.-based engineering and manufacturing capabilities to set the new standard for performance expectations in the industry, with improved fuel efficiency, reduced emissions and lower life-cycle costs compared to DC-traction locomotives.  The locomotives include the following components and systems manufactured by Wabtec units:  Fastbrake electronic air brakes, air compressors, event recorders, tread brake units, brake shoes, aftercoolers and radiators.

The combination of MPI's leading integration expertise and GE's fuel savings, emissions reduction and AC traction technologies is poised to deliver the most reliable and efficient passenger locomotive to date. 

"The MPI and GE Transportation partnership provides passenger application expertise from the two largest North America passenger locomotive manufacturers and the highest level of USA-manufactured locomotive content," said Lorenzo Simonelli, President and CEO of GE Transportation.  "We look forward to helping to produce the nation's next-generation higher-speed passenger locomotives."

GE's leading technology components were developed for GE's Evolution Series Locomotive, which represents a $400 million, eight-year investment by GE.  Today more than 3,700 GE Evolution Series locomotives are in revenue service around the world.  The Evolution Series locomotives are noted for fuel savings, emissions reduction, reliable performance and lower total life-cycle cost.

Wabtec Corporation is a global provider of value-added, technology-based products and services for rail and other industrial markets. Through its subsidiaries, the company manufactures a range of products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles. The company also builds new switcher and commuter locomotives, and provides aftermarket services. The company has facilities located throughout the world. MotivePower (www.motivepower-wabtec.com) is an industry leader in the design, manufacture and re-manufacture of diesel-electric locomotives.

Established more than 100 years ago, GE Transportation (www.getransportation.com), a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a global technology leader and supplier that provides freight and passenger locomotives, signaling and communications systems, information technology solutions, high-quality replacement parts and value added services.

 

SOURCE Wabtec Corporation



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