11B Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 It would seem that sadly West Coast Railways have had a fire at their Carnforth base this morning. I appears that it was in one of their Northern Bell mk2 Coaches. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=154213172974475&id=107334327662360 https://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/train-fire-in-carnforth/ By all accounts one coach is heading for the siding in the sky! Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
11B Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 And some photos inside thanks to Carnforth fire station Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=146251163778122&id=114525326950706&sfnsn=scwspmo&extid=z6r775GKyQkWh6DY 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Odd that appliances attended from Carnforth, Silverdale, Blackpool, and Cumbria and not from Lancaster or Morecambe. Unless the last two were busy on their own patches at 06:00 in the morning. The part time crews do a great job much appreciated by their communities, although rather taken for granted. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted August 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) Silverdale were on standby at Lancaster as the local crews were already out on other jobs according to the Facebook post linked in the OP. Edited August 6, 2020 by TheSignalEngineer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Could be other reasons, such as type of appliance required and it having to come from further afield. I'm too far away to know the local circumstances, but it certainly happened when I was working with Cambs. Fire. Stewart 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted August 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 6, 2020 As I understand it other crews were busy hence the help from further afield - although Cumbria is nearer Carnforth than Blackpool. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
11B Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 23 hours ago, Ohmisterporter said: Odd that appliances attended from Carnforth, Silverdale, Blackpool, and Cumbria and not from Lancaster or Morecambe. Unless the last two were busy on their own patches at 06:00 in the morning. The part time crews do a great job much appreciated by their communities, although rather taken for granted. Most local crews where dealing with the August floods in Lancaster! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Shame on me, I had forgotten about the floods. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Floods - what are they ? ............. we haven't had any decent rain down here for months ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted August 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2020 Any ideas which coach or coaches were burnt? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 8 hours ago, jools1959 said: Any ideas which coach or coaches were burnt? The one mentioned in the first post. Link to floods, probably not severe enough to make the news much outside the area https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-53664154#core-navigation 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 5944 Posted August 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2020 3182 'Warwick'. Electrical fire according to wnxxforum.co.uk. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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