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Its not just heritage lines were steam loco's are blamed for starting fires.
Last year, during a light engine movement, 62005 was trundling along behind a freight train, when the crew saw smoke in the distance in some farm land near to the track. A quick thinking support crew member grabbed his camera and took some photo's as they approached the scene. When they arrived at their destination, they where approached by a network rail employee, who then proceded to tell them that they had started a trackside fire. When shown the pictures he was abit confused to say the least, and went to speak to his bosses. It was later found that sticking brakes on the previosly mentioned goods train had sparked, causeing the fire.
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