Another old Silverliner fire

[h***@bbs.cpcn.com]

Apparently Silverliner III #222 (St. Louis, 1967) caught fire at the
North Wales station.

This is a local newspaper report.
http://www.thereporteronline.com/articles/2010/06/15/news/doc4c175e7e529ff630926435.txt

[art clemons]

Post by h***@bbs.cpcn.com
Apparently Silverliner III #222 (St. Louis, 1967) caught fire at the
North Wales station.

Ironically enough, the last time I rode in car 222, also on the R5,
the cars on the train had power problems, and the train crept along
until another train coupled and then provided sufficient power to move
the now combined trains to the 30th St yard and the cars with the
power problems were taken off, likely to the Bolingbrook facility.
Today, at least one car had air conditioning problems on the train I
was riding on. It's obvious that either the new cars have to be put
in operation soon or alternatively, the older ones get a new
refurbishment.

Car 222 will likely not see operational status again, and it's also
obvious that disconnecting the pantograph and removing the passengers
required the conductors. I hate to think about this situation with
only an engineer on board as one chap suggested.

[Philip Nasadowski]

Post by art clemons
Car 222 will likely not see operational status again, and it's also
obvious that disconnecting the pantograph and removing the passengers
required the conductors. I hate to think about this situation with
only an engineer on board as one chap suggested.

Oh god, the engineer wouldn't be able to press the 'pantograph down'
button while simultaneously shooing the passengers onto the platform.

Apparently, the rest of the world, even in the US, is able to cope with
this...

Here's a better idea: How about next time, not waiting until your fleet
starts self-imolating before ordering replacements?

[art clemons]

Post by Philip Nasadowski
Oh god, the engineer wouldn't be able to press the 'pantograph down'
button while simultaneously shooing the passengers onto the

platform.

Post by Philip Nasadowski
Apparently, the rest of the world, even in the US, is able to cope with
this...
Here's a better idea: How about next time, not waiting until your fleet
starts self-imolating before ordering replacements?

Most of the time in an emergency, lowering the pantograph involves
using the non conductive pole that's also part of the equipment
attached to every MU. So let's see you're saying that the engineer
would have sufficient time to evacuate all of the passengers and then
lower the pantograph. Yeah, that's a really good idea.