UP 8281 with fire damage         
UP SD9043AC 8281 is shown at Memphis, TN on February 27, 2004 en route to NRE/VMV, Paducah, KY for repairs following a crankcase explosion & subsequent engine fire.
Date: 2/27/2004 Location: Memphis, TN   Map Show Memphis on a rail map Views: 672 Collection Of:   Joseph Belote
Locomotives: UP 8281(SD9043MAC)    Author:  Joseph Belote
UP 8281 with fire damage
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Zach Pumphery General Not too often you see EMD's like that. 1/27/2007 2:20:19 AM
Tony Fernandez General For a probable cause of this explosion, read an article entitled: Damage Prevention from Diesel Crankcase explosions by A. C. Cavileer, Head, Large Diesel Engines Branch, Internal Combustion Engines Laboratory, US Naval Engineering Experiment Station, Annapolis, MD. It's in a copy of Enginemens Magazine, Feb 1952, page 105. The article can be found at http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/manual/blf-0252.pdf 12/9/2008 7:09:28 PM

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