tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23039461103332400202012-02-16T10:28:48.870ZThe IFE is an independent organisation. It represents fire professionals all over the world. This blog site is for the Transport Special Interest Group of the IFE. Its purpose is to stimulate professional, informal debate and to disseminate information among practitioners in these specialist fields. Please ensure that your posts are polite and respectful at all times and that the author is named. Any opinions expressed in this site are those of the author onlyJim Robsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583614639454115800noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303946110333240020.post-9908086799174116132010-06-07T12:21:00.002+01:002010-06-07T12:25:52.096+01:00<div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/TAzW4u4U_dI/AAAAAAAAAEo/ikT3zQ-BfEs/s1600/Scotland+train+crash+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479991116748357074" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/TAzW4u4U_dI/AAAAAAAAAEo/ikT3zQ-BfEs/s320/Scotland+train+crash+2.jpg" /></a><br />PASSENGERS were recovering in hospital today after a train crashed and caught fire, leaving the main carriage hanging over a 50ft embankment.<br /><br />The train, the 6:20pm service from Glasgow to Oban, was full of travellers returning from weekend trips away and derailed shortly before 9pm last night near the Falls of Cruachan power station, by Loch Awe, in Argyll.<br /><br />Eight people were injured during the crash. It was a lucky escape for others after a passenger car was left "precariously balanced" over a huge embankment after it caught fire.<br /><br />Emergency services launched a major operation to rescue the 60 terrified passengers.<br /><br />There were no reports of life-threatening injuries, but two people suffered from minor spinal injuries.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/TAzXIdhdqUI/AAAAAAAAAEw/u3GeDtAORt4/s1600/Scotland+train+crash.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479991386966960450" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/TAzXIdhdqUI/AAAAAAAAAEw/u3GeDtAORt4/s320/Scotland+train+crash.jpg" /></a><br />The ambulance service later confirmed eight people were taken to three different hospitals.<br /><br />An investigation into the cause of the accident has already been launched. It is not yet clear what caused the train to derail</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303946110333240020-990808679917411613?l=ifetransportsig.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim Robsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583614639454115800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303946110333240020.post-16356427301042601532010-06-02T10:00:00.009+01:002010-06-02T10:17:17.797+01:00<div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/TAYd2ZNfdUI/AAAAAAAAAD4/UCb4C_dlAN0/s1600/ATT00396.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478098817060402498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/TAYd2ZNfdUI/AAAAAAAAAD4/UCb4C_dlAN0/s320/ATT00396.jpg" /></a><br />This is Canadian National locomotive number 2699. It is a 212 ton machine powered by a 183 liter 4400 hp V16 4 stroke diesel<br /><br />Shortly before this picture was taken, whilst working under load, 2699 experienced what is known in the trade as a catastrophic uncontained engine failure. The train was passing the town of Independence , LA at the time.<br />The first picture below shows that one of the 16 cylinder packs that form the engine was ejected through the engine bay body side and thrown clear of the locomotive.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/TAYey81zZII/AAAAAAAAAEA/7Se9hgjDEbw/s1600/ATT00399.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/TAYgHWuA8QI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/znkMGlp8D7E/s1600/ATT00399.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478101307472539906" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/TAYgHWuA8QI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/znkMGlp8D7E/s320/ATT00399.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/TAYey81zZII/AAAAAAAAAEA/7Se9hgjDEbw/s1600/ATT00399.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/TAYhez2aKqI/AAAAAAAAAEg/WVOhK-TgZuU/s1600/ATT00411.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478102809940994722" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/TAYhez2aKqI/AAAAAAAAAEg/WVOhK-TgZuU/s320/ATT00411.jpg" /></a><br />In addition to this the piston from that cylinder was thrown free by the force of the failure. It was ejected so violently that it travelled through the air and crashed through the roof of a nearby home where it imbedded itself in an interior wall.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303946110333240020-1635642730104260153?l=ifetransportsig.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim Robsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583614639454115800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303946110333240020.post-46107460467246090732010-04-19T15:12:00.005+01:002010-04-19T16:18:49.741+01:00The Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor and CLG have issued new Generic Risk Assessments for Incidents involving transport systems. GRA 4.1 covers Road transport (click on link 1 below) and GRA 4.3 covers Air (click on link 2 below)<br /><br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/fire/pdf/gra41.pdf">http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/fire/pdf/gra41.pdf</a><br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/fire/pdf/1451262.pdf">http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/fire/pdf/1451262.pdf</a><br /><br />New posts will be uploaded when the new GRA's become available.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303946110333240020-4610746046724609073?l=ifetransportsig.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim Robsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583614639454115800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303946110333240020.post-54058903825641731752010-03-31T11:59:00.005+01:002010-04-08T11:42:57.293+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/S72x7loeWGI/AAAAAAAAAB0/80wVaWQQSOE/s1600/venue_transport.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kqmNnCSm8jI/S72x7loeWGI/AAAAAAAAAB0/80wVaWQQSOE/s320/venue_transport.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457713960715180130" /></a><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This blog site has been created following the success of the IFE Fire Investigation and Research blog site. Please feel free to add a comment</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303946110333240020-5405890382564173175?l=ifetransportsig.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim Robsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583614639454115800noreply@blogger.com3