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11-09-2008, 21:47
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Channel Tunnel shut after blaze
Not sure where I should have posted this, guess it will get moved to the appropriate section.
The blaze in the tunnel this afternoon -Channel Tunnel shut after blaze - was apparently caused by a lorry carrying phenol that had overturned on the train. I’ve never seen one of these freight trains but can a lorry actually overturn while on the train, I mean is there actually enough physical space for it to do so. A lorry has to be about the same width as a train.
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11-09-2008, 21:51
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Re: Channel Tunnel shut after blaze
Now that has put me off going through the tunnel and Busman doesn't do ferries so it looks like fly and hire.
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11-09-2008, 21:57
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Re: Channel Tunnel shut after blaze
In order to allay public fears, they may well need to re-arrange the timetable so that passenger trains are never in the tunnel at the same time as freight.
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11-09-2008, 22:01
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Re: Channel Tunnel shut after blaze
The overturning of a lorry on the train just doesn’t sound plausible to me. Perhaps a different tale will come out given time.
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11-09-2008, 22:02
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Re: Channel Tunnel shut after blaze
its actually the second time, a fire on a freight train in tunnel, last was in 96, the good news is, the safety procedures worked n no-one seriously injured, the service tunnel obviously does its job, certainly would not put me off, ya go when yer numbers up, its that simple.
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Re: Channel Tunnel shut after blaze
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oops my bad it says blaze 
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12-09-2008, 07:21
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Re: Channel Tunnel shut after blaze
Those trains are massive!!! its like a carpark in there lol..... Ive been on twice (obviously,there and back lol) the thing stopped for half an hour while we were on, scared the hell outta us!
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12-09-2008, 14:19
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Re: Channel Tunnel shut after blaze
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In any case are lorries not secured in some way to stop roll forward or back in case the hand brake fails? Maybe they meant “tip over” rather than “overturn”.
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