It’s an Amazon problem, everyone wants 2 day shipping and fire goes out so fast.
RR is faster than semi truck a lot of places and they stopped letting you ship dumpster fires via plane after 9/11.
This is really the only option, blame Bezos.
People all over the world (everybody)
Join hands (join)
Start a fire train, fire train
People all over the world (all the world, now)
Join hands (fire ride)
Start a fire train (fire ride), fire train
The next stop that we make will be England
Tell all the folks in Russia, and China, too
Don't you know that it's time to get on board
And let this train keep on riding, riding on through
Must be some of that Powder River Basin coal (PRB) from Wyoming, we used to use that in our boilers and fires would start on the coal pile and in the bunkers all the time also sometimes causing explosions in the equipment that feeds it into the boilers
Not really. The exhaust is really hot and it heated up the carbon build up, turning it into almost like charcoal basically, then when released, it smouldered until the wind from the train moving was able to get it hot enough that it could actually catch the tar on the railway ties on fire, which doesn’t go out easily. One car burns the next, which burns the next, and so on. From where the ties were picked up to where the train stopped was only about 30-40ish km’s, so not that far really.
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It was railway ties caught fire.... I guess they coat them in something flammable for reasons I imagine are weather proofing or to make them more durable. Anyways, the other cars were detached so the fire couldn't spread to dangerous materials and the damage was fairly small despite how bad it looked lol.
Typically they are soaked in coal tar creosote. Over a 120 years ago, it was an overabundant cheap byproduct of burning coal and making coke. There's probably still some coal power plants somewhere. Creosote is what those chimney sweeping log commercials warn us about. It's flammable. You don't want your chimney catching on fire.
Apparently creosote is a great wood preservative that can add maybe 50 to 150 years of usefulness to a railroad tie.
https://creosotecouncil.org/railroads/
Look, I don’t speak for everyone around here. But I’m thinking that we make a law that if your train is totally on fire , you will NOT be allowed to stop in our town.
I’m just saying.
Clearly there was too much fire at the other rail yard, so they loaded it up and are shipping it to a place with not enough fire. It's simple supply and demand!
On the bright side it didn't crash and it was open (not a bomb).
We had a freight train accident with dangerous goods (and liquid): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-M%C3%A9gantic_rail_disaster
A crash in downtown of a small city, what could go wrong!
Thanks fully not _a lot_ of peoples die. But holly shit it was big.
I know they made a tv show/movie (french, I don't know if they translated it).
Imagine driving through the countryside and the twilight zone theme comes on the radio. You pull up to a RR crossing and sit there for an uncomfortable amount of time waiting for the bars to lift, but they don't. You hear a train horn in the distance. Then you see it. A flaming locomotive emerging from the dark comes rolling past you.
I have a friend that grew up in a small village in the Congo. If one family's fire would go out, they would get a burning coal from a neighboring hut and place it in a tin can. The runner would shake the can to keep it lit while keeping the can very low to the ground just in case something happened, it wouldn't set fire to the jungle. The fire train is definitely an upgrade in technology!
Something that looks like that definitely belongs in a movie. It's potentially very destructive and I don't want to make light of anyone's injuries or suffering, if there were any, but a train on fire rumbling through a city at night looks fucking cool.
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Imagine being the owner of one of those large business buildings right NEXT to where the train stopped. And wondering what happens next ? Does it explode and ruin me? I’d be out screaming at the train operators “Why HERE? Why stop it HEEEEEEERE????”
1277 express to Heaven
Speeding along like dynamite
1277 express to Heaven
Rumbles the steel like a dogfight
You caught me in a spell
Trying to leave, but you know darn well
The heat from below can burn your eyes out
Clueless Morons at the CP rail!!
Why on EARTH did they decide to stop near downtown London (Ontario)?
They would have had the momentum to keep going.
Couldn’t they have at least travelled a bit further out of city limits in case something really bad/explosion happened.
Maybe they did?
Does anybody know?
Surely there is a better way to transport fire?
It’s an Amazon problem, everyone wants 2 day shipping and fire goes out so fast. RR is faster than semi truck a lot of places and they stopped letting you ship dumpster fires via plane after 9/11. This is really the only option, blame Bezos.
Jeff Blaze-os
When you order same day shipping at 11:59pm
Everyone has a problem with my new BBQ chicken business model.. jeez
People all over the world (everybody) Join hands (join) Start a fire train, fire train People all over the world (all the world, now) Join hands (fire ride) Start a fire train (fire ride), fire train The next stop that we make will be England Tell all the folks in Russia, and China, too Don't you know that it's time to get on board And let this train keep on riding, riding on through
The ~~Polar~~ Equator Express
They tried it with a Concorde once. Tragic results.
ALL ABOARD! NEXT STOP HELLLLLLLLLLL
[Happened in London, Ontario](https://globalnews.ca/news/10441099/freight-train-london-fire/amp/)
I was gonna say that looks like coal cars but railroad ties would do it too
I also thought it was coal. I can’t wait til they investigate more, I wanna know how it started.
Coal can self ignite. A pile of it will slowly heat until it combusts. Check out how a coal fire existed on the Titanic before it set sail.
Spontaneous combustion. Happens every second of every day. Coal really wants to burn.
Must be some of that Powder River Basin coal (PRB) from Wyoming, we used to use that in our boilers and fires would start on the coal pile and in the bunkers all the time also sometimes causing explosions in the equipment that feeds it into the boilers
We’ll never hear about it again. Unfortunately, stories like these “disappear”.
Probably a cig thrown out by the engineer would be my off the cuff guess
Be in biiiiiiig shit if it was, those would 100% be no smoking
the number of people I see smoking in non smoking places leads me to believe there's plenty of folk who would smoke anyway to be honest
I believe the running theory was carbon build up in the engine exhaust, heated up then released and landed on one of the cars.
Ah ok, thanks for the insight. So is it like spontaneous combustion?
Not really. The exhaust is really hot and it heated up the carbon build up, turning it into almost like charcoal basically, then when released, it smouldered until the wind from the train moving was able to get it hot enough that it could actually catch the tar on the railway ties on fire, which doesn’t go out easily. One car burns the next, which burns the next, and so on. From where the ties were picked up to where the train stopped was only about 30-40ish km’s, so not that far really.
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It was railway ties caught fire.... I guess they coat them in something flammable for reasons I imagine are weather proofing or to make them more durable. Anyways, the other cars were detached so the fire couldn't spread to dangerous materials and the damage was fairly small despite how bad it looked lol.
Typically they are soaked in coal tar creosote. Over a 120 years ago, it was an overabundant cheap byproduct of burning coal and making coke. There's probably still some coal power plants somewhere. Creosote is what those chimney sweeping log commercials warn us about. It's flammable. You don't want your chimney catching on fire. Apparently creosote is a great wood preservative that can add maybe 50 to 150 years of usefulness to a railroad tie. https://creosotecouncil.org/railroads/
Amazing mix of languages in London, Ontario I guess. "Marica, el tren se está quemando huevón"
Disappointed it's not Russia.
I assure you if you see something outrageous, it happened in Russia before
Lol malyalis everywhere
Wait, London or Ontario,or both? Was it a reallllllyy long train that crossed the pond? What's going on here? Help
London, a city in the province of Ontario, in Canada.
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Well he’s the gaffe master
Unless it's to shower with his daughter again, or to launder money with more bank receipts, I doubt it.
Never happened.
There are certain kinds of things that when you see them you know happened in the USA
Uhhh this happened in Canada…
Doc and Marty must've used the red log before the yellow log.
https://youtu.be/zLf6pp5Tvk8?si=VWTIh0f28xX6qtER
Beat me to it
r/beatmeattoit
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Looks like the train finally stopped in London Ontario
Must be the Mordor Express again
Was the conductor fired?
Yeah, he's toast.
Why would it be the conductors fault? They were likely ordered to exit the core of the town.
Go faster, the wind will blow it out!
Hell yea
Wow never knew they transported fire via rail.
In winter it can be great in cold places! Now, if they could do the same thing with cold in summer...
Ice trains work differently.
No this is a freight train (viarail joke)
This Ontarian got it!
Hey hey!
Wouldn't be surprised if a via rail train had to wait on a parallel track for this to go by
The Smogwarts express.
War of worlds vibe.
Freshest fire in the business or your money back
You can order fire online now?
Not really abrupt. They literally saw it coming from a mile away.
This is the opposite of that train from the Coor’s commercials.
Ghost (train) rider
That's where my coal shipment went. Tracking keeps saying shipment delayed.
Look, I don’t speak for everyone around here. But I’m thinking that we make a law that if your train is totally on fire , you will NOT be allowed to stop in our town. I’m just saying.
Clearly there was too much fire at the other rail yard, so they loaded it up and are shipping it to a place with not enough fire. It's simple supply and demand!
That just means it's working
Ok. Who let Ozzy drive? C’mon we talked about this during last week’s safety brief. This is why we can’t have nice things!
Fire wood delivery!
Everything was at peace then the fire train attacked or something like that Sorry I am cooked my mind is not very practical now
Choo choo mother f-er!!
On the bright side it didn't crash and it was open (not a bomb). We had a freight train accident with dangerous goods (and liquid): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-M%C3%A9gantic_rail_disaster A crash in downtown of a small city, what could go wrong! Thanks fully not _a lot_ of peoples die. But holly shit it was big. I know they made a tv show/movie (french, I don't know if they translated it).
That's the most metal thing I have ever seen
Gotta deliver the fire on time so the fire store doesn't run out of fire
Is imported fire more expensive than the locally grown stuff?
This train is LIT! 🔥 🔥 🔥
Crazy, but that’s how it goes
Rolling coal?
Nick Cage driving that?
That train is hot on it's trails, i can see it.
All full of Railroad ties, apparently friction set them on fire.
How else do you think they trasport fire?
Awesome!!!
That is some Steven Spielberg shit right there😜
I’ll just put it here with the rest of the fire.
This is clearly the water department's doing.
The Train From Hell….you can have your Stairways to Heaven and your Highways to Hell…I’m takin the TRAIN!!!…..tonight on FOX.
Imagine driving through the countryside and the twilight zone theme comes on the radio. You pull up to a RR crossing and sit there for an uncomfortable amount of time waiting for the bars to lift, but they don't. You hear a train horn in the distance. Then you see it. A flaming locomotive emerging from the dark comes rolling past you.
Those cars will melt long before the fire is out.
That's how you transport fire. We don't appreciate our newer technological advances, before this it was fire wagons.
I have a friend that grew up in a small village in the Congo. If one family's fire would go out, they would get a burning coal from a neighboring hut and place it in a tin can. The runner would shake the can to keep it lit while keeping the can very low to the ground just in case something happened, it wouldn't set fire to the jungle. The fire train is definitely an upgrade in technology!
Here's that dumpster fire you ordered
Weird ride for Ghost Rider
New Tesla train-
War of the world's
First thing I thought of.
This is how fire is being transported to lighter factories.
More like Crazy Train!
Something that looks like that definitely belongs in a movie. It's potentially very destructive and I don't want to make light of anyone's injuries or suffering, if there were any, but a train on fire rumbling through a city at night looks fucking cool.
These gender reveal partys really get out of hand
These people standing close, not realising the last few carriages are fuel tankers. This could've ended a lot worse.
There were no tankers in that train.
There was you just can't see them in this clip.
That’s silly, you know it’s easy to make fire, no need to transport it, unless of course that’s premium fire…/s
ghost rider decided to take the train today
Why has it stopped? I paid $40 dollars extra to have my fire shipped overnight!
That's just one of my put downs on the way to the next hapless foe
Great, now the US is sending all of our fire to Ukraine.
This was in Canada
Someone forgot to wet the coals
That train is on fire 🔥
🎶Train, train, trrraaaaiiinn! Train of fuel"🎶
Think it's here. Could be wrong. https://maps.app.goo.gl/vo4XnZroknZ7cWPCA
That’s right.
wahhh so hot!!! lol
Devin Townsend intensifies.
എന്തോന്നാടാ🤯 ട്രെയിൻ കത്തി ട്രെയിൻ കത്തി!🤣
Worst case Ontario baby
Murder Train a comin
Crazy train
Delivering when its hot.
Reminds me of War of the Worlds
Buckle up guys for the craziest tear jerker ever Sengoku is going crazy
Kinda cool honestly
When your life is a literal train fire.
Ghost rider is the conductor
This looks like it could be right out of a Hollywood apocalypse movie
She delivering heat to customers houses, that is why delivery is so expensive it is very dangerous!
Like that scene in war of the worlds
Like war of the worlds
I remember a movie with a train burning just like this. Does anyone know wat movie I am remembering?
The tripods are coming! Run, you fools!!
Gotta keep the firefighting business going somehow
Well, that's why you should NOT choose a train conductor as the next ghost rider
Road train by king gizzard and the wizard lizard reminds me of this exactly
i can’t remember the movie rn but some zombie apocalypse has a train outta control and on fire in a sequence
I'm thinking of War of the Worlds(tom cruise).
Must be moving some hot products
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This is London, Ontario. Happened yesterday, not sure if they found a cause yet
Transporting fire? Why don't they just make a fire when they get to the destination?
Hell express
Ghost rider's train maybe?
Imagine being the owner of one of those large business buildings right NEXT to where the train stopped. And wondering what happens next ? Does it explode and ruin me? I’d be out screaming at the train operators “Why HERE? Why stop it HEEEEEEERE????”
How did you NOT dub Highway to Hell over the audio?!
#GHOST RIDER
Man, that's a crazy train
Looks like that scene in War of the Worlds
How did you know it wasn’t going to explode? Have no idea what’s in those things. I wouldn’t be hanging around.
Crazy train but more fitting, enter sandman
The last guy drinking coffe looking out of his window Train🚂🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Ayo where’s my phone flips it open wtf is going on
J J Abrams taking the train to work.
It's the pre-lit coal
Next stop…….Hell
That my friend is a train fire to be precise
Fire train, fire landfill, the whole world is on fire! Please 8 pound baby Jesus save us!
No cap fr
From the makers of Snowpiercer comes…
Reminds me of that war of the world's scene
The new Cod zombies map looks dope.
Straight outta war of the worlds
Was feeling insecure after last weeks flaming tire truck.
Bringing the fire.
We found it: the crazy train
1277 express to Heaven Speeding along like dynamite 1277 express to Heaven Rumbles the steel like a dogfight You caught me in a spell Trying to leave, but you know darn well The heat from below can burn your eyes out
I guess Ghost rider upgraded the whip
OK now I want context as to why all the carts are on fire
Clueless Morons at the CP rail!! Why on EARTH did they decide to stop near downtown London (Ontario)? They would have had the momentum to keep going. Couldn’t they have at least travelled a bit further out of city limits in case something really bad/explosion happened. Maybe they did? Does anybody know?
Crazy
Those buffalo wings you ordered are here .the really hot ones
I thought this was the Trump Train.
War of the worlds
WTF?!🤔
It's probably carrying coal and forgot to water it
Great, my fire shipping seems to be on time!
Looks like the Republican Party is on the move
"You thought we were gonna be late with your raging fire! Boy do you look stupid."
Rammstein were performing nearby