Re: Train catches fire near Lake Macquarie

[dave60@dingoblue.net.au (Jack)]

On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 22:02:10 +1100, "D Lindstrom"
<D_Lindstrom@Bigpond.com> wrote:

>Train catches fire near Lake Macquarie
>A passenger train caught fire today near a station in rural New South Wales,
>the Rural Fire Service (RFS) said.
>
>The fire broke out under the engine of the CountryLink train just 500 metres
>from Awaba station, near Lake Macquarie, a RFS spokesman said.
>
>Passengers in the first carriage were moved to the end of the train while
>firefighters extinguished the blaze, he said.
>
>There were no injuries.
>
>A possible cause of the blaze was oil leaking onto the brakes, the spokesman
>said.


There was a fire in the compressor room of 2017..... on NT4... NT1
tonight and NT2 tomorrow are cancelled and will be run with busses
instead

Cheers
Jack