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Flaming tracks in Coolidge Corner
By adamg on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 7:03pm
Sara watched the burning tracks in Coolidge Corner shortly before 7 p.m. today.
Channel 4 reports one trolley drove right over the fire - on purpose.
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Anyone catch evening news?
Did any of you catch the evening news tonight about this fire?
All I caught was the very end of the story where the anchor was saying something about some guy sending in a photo of a fireman who waved a train through the fire or something...
They made a joke about how the picture taker "saw something and said something" about the Brookline fireman and there was some sorta investigation going on now, maybe?
I wish I'd caught more of the story, but I can't find anything about it online.
Photo of a trolley driving right over the fire
Channel 4 has a photo.
Its a switch heater fire,
Its a switch heater fire, trolleys have been putting those out by driving over them for about a 100 years. Some gas-fired switch heaters used on main line freight railroads actual have a visible flame as part of the design and trains oprate over thm with no problem.
Where do passengers pick up their firedriving certificates?
In the meantime, this will have to do (NSFW on account of language).