Metra passenger train locomotive fire aftermath immediately after fire was extinguished. Extended video below shows “rescue locomotive operations.”
Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 1:24 PM Saturday to a report of a train on fire near “Jake’s Pizza” at Central Road and Northwest Highway, Mount Prospect, IL. Police and firefighters received a report that a fire was visible under the train engine. Firefighters on scene located the train closer to Prospect Avenue and Elmhurst Avenue. Firefighters positioned on both sides of the track, and extinguished the fire within minutes.
From the street, no soot or burn damage was visible on the “Village of Bartlett” Metra F40PH locomotive #176. Passengers disembarked from the train onto the gravel railroad bed away from a regular boarding area. A Mount Prospect police officer and Metra conductors helped passengers off of the train.
Passengers either got rides from friends and family, or waited until the next westbound train arrived.
No injuries were reported, but paramedics gave a man with a cane a ride back to the Mount Prospect train station.
UP-NW Advisory – Inbound Train #720 Operating Approximately 95 to 105 Minutes Late http://t.co/T9jV6cwnG7
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) March 22, 2014
UP-NW Advisory – Inbound Train #720 Delayed Approximately 40 to 60 Minutes http://t.co/T9jV6cwnG7
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) March 22, 2014
UP-NW Advisory – Outbound Train #709 Has Departed Mt. Prospect With #705 Commuters http://t.co/T9jV6cwnG7
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) March 22, 2014
UP-NW Advisory – Outbound Train #705 Will Not Operate Beyond Mt. Prospect http://t.co/T9jV6cwnG7
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) March 22, 2014
UP-NW Advisory – Outbound Train #705 Stopped Near Mt. Prospect Mechanical Problem http://t.co/T9jV6cwnG7
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) March 22, 2014
Metra Outbound Train #705 was the affected train, which was reported by Metra on Twitter to have been “stopped near Mt. Prospect with a mechanical problem.”
A passenger reported that the train suddenly lost power, and stopped. Initially , there was an onboard announcement that the train was experiencing a mechanical problem. Then there was an announcement that there was a fire in the engine.
Extended video of Metra locomotive fire aftermath with “Locomotive Rescue” operations (especially for railfans).
A “rescue” locomotive arrived just about 3:00 p.m. and passed heading westbound for a railway switch — possibly by Arthur Avenue in Arlington Heights. The switch put the rescue locomotive (the “Village of Chicago Ridge” Metra F40PH #144) eastbound on the same track as the stricken locomotive. The rescue locomotive also possibly waited for another scheduled westbound train to pass the scene. As soon as the rescue locomotive arrived, railroad workers coupled the rescue locomotive to the stricken locomotive and eventually pulled the train westbound about 4:00 p.m.
The train with eight passenger cars stopped in a position that did not disrupt and railroad crossings for the long term.
LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of area of Metra locomotive fire and stranded train in Mount Prospect …
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