Electrical fire on locomotive near Castle Rock, Castle Rock CO
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Fire & ArsonA Union Pacific train stopped near Castle Rock due to a locked axle and an electrical fire on the third locomotive. The fire was small and contained to a coil of wires near the axle. The fire department responded, and the train crew was safe.
Audio|Heard on: BNSF-UP Joint Line Colorado
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04:26
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatch 378 answering emergency call lookout tower.
00:04
Yeah, boss, that UP5548 here on the Colorado Springs.
00:08
No, we're stopped there in Castle Rock.
00:10
Head ends right around milepost, 28.3 maybe.
00:15
We had our third unit, our 692, got a locked axle, and went back there.
00:20
We got an electrical fire.
00:22
It is, we were not able to put out the fire extinguisher.
00:25
It is going. There is no danger to any vegetation, and we're not going to burn down the neighborhood.
00:29
And BNSF is aware of it, and they got emergency response on the way over.
00:34
Okay, copy that.
00:36
Yeah, he sent me a message and let me know that he's got the fire department headed your way.
00:40
Is the crew okay?
00:42
Over?
00:43
Yeah, we're flying at 692 is shut down.
00:46
I shut it down with the emergency field cut off.
00:48
It is dead.
00:50
That axle is locked, so I don't know if I want to get a hold of somebody and see what their plan is with that, but yeah, we're flying over.
00:58
Okay, all right, the crew is okay.
01:01
Okay, sounds good.
01:02
It looks like the corridor
01:05
called NCO Hicks, so I don't know if he's going to be headed your way or not.
01:10
When I get some more information, I'll let you know.
01:12
Over.
01:14
Okay, sounds good.
01:15
We're going to go back to 306, 30s if that's okay, over.
01:19
Yeah, that's fine.
01:20
I have access to that, so if I need to reach out to you for anything,
01:24
I can hitch up over there.
01:26
Okay, we'll be on 3636 once again.
01:29
We are stopped. Everybody's spying.
01:30
It's a small electrical fire right there by the old, on the axle of the third wheel.
01:38
Can't seem to get it put out, but fire departments are around.
01:41
Back to 3636.
01:42
Thanks for your help.
01:44
All right, thanks for letting me know.
01:46
Dispatcho.
01:58
Nice!
02:04
Yeah, that's a brushline, Amtrak, 6.
02:11
Good evening, always your departure, over.
02:17
Got, that's one.
02:18
21, 28, okay, have a safe triple Lincoln, guys.
02:21
Yeah, some pressure.
02:31
MPU-on-allic, come in over.
02:35
Hey Matt, if you're there, this is the 5548, the EMS just showed up, buddy.
02:42
The fire department just showed up, buddy.
03:02
Yeah, I was trying to shout at you guys.
03:04
It looks like that high wind cleared up where we're going to be coming out here.
03:13
Okay, and you're saying you've got a locked axle on that motor as well at 6922? Over.
03:19
Yes, sir, locked axle.
03:21
And then when I went back there,
03:22
I seen the smoke once he started walking back.
03:25
And then I've seen that there's like a cable, like a coil of cables up inside the wheel.
03:30
Behind there, that was on fire.
03:32
I tried to find anything we should have put it out and I couldn't get it out over.
03:37
Okay, yeah, I got my manager talking to me on the other line there, so I locked axle on that third motor, and that's where the fire started, so...
03:48
Okay, all right, I'll let them know.
03:50
Okay, it's axle number three, and the fire's contained just right there.
03:54
It's just that coil of wires, whatever it is.
03:57
That's what's on fire.
03:58
It's not like the whole locomotive is a giant fireball or nothing.
04:01
It's just a little bit of fire,
04:03
but it is electrical, I think.
04:05
We couldn't get it out.
04:06
It looks like a parade here in Castle Rock right now.
04:08
We've got everybody here.
04:10
I'll keep your posting. Thanks for your help.
04:12
Alright, man, just the traction motor on fire.
04:16
Okay,
04:17
Senator. Yeah, it just has locked axle.
04:20
I don't even know if the traction motor, Matt, I'm not...
04:23
Okay, all right, thanks.
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