Dash-8 up in flames

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Patrick Caauwe	General	Blown turbocharger. nice catch!	4/5/2005 6:34:36 AM

Chris Paulhamus	General	Nice shot, Chris! That's why the EMD is out front, BTW!!!!	4/5/2005 12:58:21 PM

steven langsford	General	AWSOME PHOTO!!!	4/5/2005 7:03:36 PM

Allan Love Jr	General	I still like the GE on the Point:). Nice shot. BNSFrailfan.	4/5/2005 9:43:27 PM

Virgil Fitzpatrick	General	Nothing a good wrench can't fix, by the way.....when you get a heavy drag up in mountain and varying height locations, you can't ask for nothing better than a GE. Seen many a GE come to the rescue of SD units when they've failed.	4/6/2005 1:31:47 AM

Virgil Fitzpatrick	General	After doing some asking around and a few calls, the word is that this was no "Blown Turbo", but actually MAJOR Ignition trouble. This would make sense as a blown turbo would produce much more smoke and flame. A good Injector cleaning or replacement and this guy will be gone again.	4/7/2005 6:38:37 AM

Christopher Muller	General	The crew described the problem to mechanical as having three broken piston rods that stabbed something, causing straight fuel to burn.	4/7/2005 9:32:47 AM

Dash-8 up in flames
The big FLAME is the reslt of massive engine trouble, train was later shut down after several law enforcement agencies reported the unit on fire.
Date: 4/4/2005	Location: Cass Lake, MN	Views: 2036	Collection Of: Christopher Muller
Locomotives: FURX 7925(SD40-2) BNSF 509(B40-8W)			Author: Christopher Muller

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