Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "SEPTA train goes up in flames in Delaware County; roughly 350 passengers evacuated" video.

  1. Explainable accident, not foul Play.
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  2. Pattern of unconnected event. You are reaching.
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  3. Sounds like a stuck brake overheating.
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  4. @kelamo7067  Not everything is a plot by a James Bond villain.
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  5. I highly doubt the Secretary of transportation is responsible for checking brakes on a train. The likely answer here is that you had a brake lock up. Brakes overheated, start a fire.
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  6. Nope.
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  7.  @daverohner271  there's been no major change in regulations in 50 years.
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  8. Deregulation has nothing to do with SEPTA.
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  9. There is no attack going on. The brakes overheated and caught fire.
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  10. @MWIII-fd5on  tin foil conspiracy hat is a little too tight. There is no James Bond SPECTRE plan going on here. The brakes stuck and burnt up.
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  11. The trains are electric. 🚈
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  12. Not if you think about a brake locking up and the friction overheating.
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  13. This is underneath the train. Best guess is they overheated the brakes. That heat leads to a fire. It also explains the smell.
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  14. Brake system fail. STUCK brake leads to friction. Burning brake pads leads to the smell. Heat from burning brake, leads to.... 🔥
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  15. Not a train person, but sounds like a brake Locked up and caught fire.
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  16. It looks like they had a stuck brake. The brakes overheated. That is what everyone is smelling. Friction causes everything to catch fire.
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  17. Apparently, they are not obvious to brakes overheating. Brakes burning up should have been a clue.
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  18. ​You should see some car repair channels. They Are far worse than any SEPTA train.
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  19. I believe they have a replacement program in progress?
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  20. @wooderice64  Is that due to their funding issues?
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  21. Brakes overheating. not sabotage....
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