Freight train fire WC north of Stafford

[W124Bob]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffor...
Surprised no one has posted up this,train still there at 19.30 tonight with no sign of any activity.It's going to be a really tricky one to move,luckily the up and down fast lines were reopened at around 04.00am so only minor delay today.The problem is how to move it.It's permanently coupled to together with a semi-continuous conveyor running the length of the train. Theres another 15 or so hoppers behind the fire plus a ballast cleaning machine and four other wagons.Not guessing at the cause but the belt for the conveyor will have caused most of the damage. I've passed this several times today(driver for XC)and the whole of the wagon is burnt out ,the upper trough part looks to be alloy and I'm guessing the underframe won't take any stresses either.See what happens when I pass the site tomorrow.

Edited by W124Bob on Saturday 1st June 07:41

[MajorProblem]

Ouch. High output ballast cleaner. Thats going to be a big hit.

[Silent1]

£41.7 million apparently that cost!

[tight5]

I work this train quite frequently , its massive .
I think they'll just detach the affected wagon .

[Rick101]

I used to look after this one.

I finished duty Wed night and left my mate on duty.

Couldn't have timed it better!

[P5Nij]

I'm booked to turn it at Willesden on Tuesday night, looks like I'll be sitting spare by the 'phone instead...