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Skip Luke

May 16, 2004 01:10PM

Diesels definitely throw sparks and start fires. I was on a delivery trip with two new passenger cars in April .... north side of Denver our train (BNSF Denver-Laurel) started a ROW fire from engine sparks. In these days of dynamic brakes, the air is not used much, but ROW fires are still common.
Skip Luke
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Re: Diesels, sparks, and fires	Skip Luke	May 16, 2004 01:10PM
Re: Diesels, sparks, and fires	jbbane	May 16, 2004 05:25PM
Re: Diesels, sparks, and fires	Skip Luke	May 19, 2004 12:30PM
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