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      lkernan Deputy Commissioner

    Location: Melbourne
    http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/08/08/07/52/historic-train-carriages-damaged-in-melbourne-railway-blaze


    Fire has ripped through an abandoned train carriage at a Newport railway yard in Melbourne. Firefighters were called after the blaze broke out in a shed on the site before quickly running along its entire 100m length and spreading to the train cars around 2am today.

    Read more at http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/08/08/07/52/historic-train-carriages-damaged-in-melbourne-railway-blaze#1rOEWz2eDiE04fyg.99
    9News
    Posted: 08 Aug 2015 08:08

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      bevans Site Admin

    Location: Melbourne, Australia
    Police are now hunting an arsonist.  One of the cars lost according to media reports was an ex Overland car.
    Posted: 08 Aug 2015 19:40
      X'Trapolis-904M Deputy Commissioner

    Location: Melbourne
    Will check with someone that I know that happens to be pumper 43.
    Posted: 08 Aug 2015 20:56
      BigTrain2015 Junior Train Controller

    Will check with someone that I know that happens to be pumper 43.
    X'Trapolis-904M

    Was the first fire also an arson attack?
    Posted: 08 Aug 2015 21:46
      michaelgreenhill Administrator That's Numberwang!

    Location: Melbourne
    Will check with someone that I know that happens to be pumper 43.

    Was the first fire also an arson attack?
    BigTrain2015
    No - an electrical fault. https://www.facebook.com/steamrail/photos/a.10152682503285627.1073741825.89596750626/10155275330560627/
    Posted: 08 Aug 2015 22:18
      BigTrain2015 Junior Train Controller

    Will check with someone that I know that happens to be pumper 43.

    Was the first fire also an arson attack?
    No - an electrical fault. https://www.facebook.com/steamrail/photos/a.10152682503285627.1073741825.89596750626/10155275330560627/
    michaelgreenhill

    There is talk about the two issues being linked.
    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 13:14
      TheBlacksmith Chief Commissioner

    Location: Ankh Morpork
    Will check with someone that I know that happens to be pumper 43.

    Was the first fire also an arson attack?
    No - an electrical fault. https://www.facebook.com/steamrail/photos/a.10152682503285627.1073741825.89596750626/10155275330560627/

    There is talk about the two issues being linked.
    BigTrain2015
    Why? One was an electrical fault, the other was arson.
    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 13:23
      Pressman Spirit of the Vine

    Location: Wherever the Tin Chook or Qantas takes me
    Will check with someone that I know that happens to be pumper 43.

    Was the first fire also an arson attack?
    No - an electrical fault. https://www.facebook.com/steamrail/photos/a.10152682503285627.1073741825.89596750626/10155275330560627/

    There is talk about the two issues being linked.
    BigTrain2015
    Yes, the link is that they were both fires that destroyed/damaged railway stock
    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 13:44
      BigTrain2015 Junior Train Controller

    Will check with someone that I know that happens to be pumper 43.

    Was the first fire also an arson attack?
    No - an electrical fault. https://www.facebook.com/steamrail/photos/a.10152682503285627.1073741825.89596750626/10155275330560627/

    There is talk about the two issues being linked.
    Yes, the link is that they were both fires that destroyed/damaged railway stock
    Pressman

    Really?  Why then are the Police actively looking for an Arsonist?
    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 13:54
      dthead Site Admin

    Location: Melbourne, Australia

    Really?  Why then are the Police actively looking for an Arsonist?
    BigTrain2015


    While there were two fires, one was electrrical at fault, and this one may be arson. If so the police would be looking......  This one was different, ir was no fault.......


    David
    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 18:07
      michaelgreenhill Administrator That's Numberwang!

    Location: Melbourne
    Really?  Why then are the Police actively looking for an Arsonist?
    BigTrain2015
    Err, because they're cops and they tend to know what they're doing?

    Nah, you're right. Let's all armchair speculate and second-guess all the decisions made by people far more informed than us.
    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 18:20
      bevans Site Admin

    Location: Melbourne, Australia

    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 18:49
      michaelgreenhill Administrator That's Numberwang!

    Location: Melbourne
    Looks like the W's got a bit of an identity crisis going on.
    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 19:09
      X'Trapolis-904M Deputy Commissioner

    Location: Melbourne
    And channel 7 are not the best source to quote, even tho i know a high profile lady that made some appearances on channel 7 five years ago.
    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 19:24
      michaelgreenhill Administrator That's Numberwang!

    Location: Melbourne
    even tho i know a high profile lady that made some appearances on channel 7 five years ago.
    X'Trapolis-904M
    Was it the person who set this fire alight?

    Nope?

    Not relevant, then!
    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 19:29
      QSB6.7 Chief Train Controller

    Location: Going off the rails on a crazy train.
    The poor W got tagged!  I wonder if it is connected with the fire?? Rolling Eyes
    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 19:39
      JoppaJunction Chief Train Controller

    Location: Banned
    What is the wagon/unit in front of the W?
    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 19:44
      Raichase Captain Rant!

    Location: Sydney, NSW
    And channel 7 are not the best source to quote, even tho i know a high profile lady that made some appearances on channel 7 five years ago.
    X'Trapolis-904M
    Channel 7 likely have access to better information than you do, and it doesn't stop you making uninformed comments all over this website every day, so what's your point?
    Posted: 09 Aug 2015 22:10
      TheBlacksmith Chief Commissioner

    Location: Ankh Morpork
    Really?  Why then are the Police actively looking for an Arsonist?
    Err, because they're cops and they tend to know what they're doing?

    Nah, you're right. Let's all armchair speculate and second-guess all the decisions made by people far more informed than us.
    michaelgreenhill
    Actually on the news report I saw, a fireman at the scene said there were two points of ignition and accelerant may have been used. I think that rates better than speculation.
    Posted: 10 Aug 2015 08:39
      x31 Chief Commissioner

    Location: gallifrey
    A question in my mind were the two incidents linked?
    Posted: 10 Aug 2015 09:14
      Groundrelay Chief Commissioner

    Location: Surrounded by Trolls!
    A question in my mind were the two incidents linked?
    x31

    It would be an odd coincidence if they were not. Unfortunately it may be the same perpetrators.

    Regardless, a real kick-in-the-guts for those who put their time and skill into something that brings joy to so many. Sad
    Posted: 10 Aug 2015 09:42
      x31 Chief Commissioner

    Location: gallifrey
    A question in my mind were the two incidents linked?

    It would be an odd coincidence if they were not. Unfortunately it may be the same perpetrators.

    Regardless, a real kick-in-the-guts for those who put their time and skill into something that brings joy to so many. :-(
    Groundrelay

    This is what I was thinking.  It is just too convenient.  Someone has it in for the site or the organisation or they simply have serious issues or all three.

    Sad that this has happened and the work of so many dedicated people has been targeted.
    Posted: 10 Aug 2015 09:48
      don_dunstan Minister for Railways

    Location: Adelaide proud
    Sad that this has happened and the work of so many dedicated people has been targeted.
    x31
    When I lived on that side of town there were a lot of selfish acts targeting community groups - the spiral staircase from the old substation was stolen (presumably for scrap) WHILE the volunteers were restoring it. Some a-hole must have had inside information before breaking in - heartbreaking for the people who were working on it and a piece of history lost forever.

    The preservation side of Newport shops was also a constant target for thieves before they put the new fencing up - basins and luggage racks were their favourite thing to make off with. There's no words to describe how low an act it is to steal from volunteer organisations, it really makes me angry.
    Posted: 10 Aug 2015 10:16

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      M636C Minister for Railways

    What is the wagon/unit in front of the W?
    JoppaJunction
    If you mean the vehicle on fire, it looks like a Vinelander sleeping car from what I can see.

    Presumably W244 is owned by 707 Operations?

    M636C
    Posted: 10 Aug 2015 13:29
      x31 Chief Commissioner

    Location: gallifrey
    What is the wagon/unit in front of the W?
    If you mean the vehicle on fire, it looks like a Vinelander sleeping car from what I can see.

    Presumably W244 is owned by 707 Operations?

    M636C
    M636C

    The W looks to have been saved although the front is not visible.
    Posted: 10 Aug 2015 14:23

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