the engineer spoke with the chief dispatcher at the control center and reported that there was a strong burning smell in the lead railcar.

performed a crew change. Another engineer reported a burning smell in the lead car. At 5:48 p.m., engineers noticed a haze in the lead car at Crum Lynne Station in Ridley Park. After departing from ...

The NTSB said an engineer noticed a haze behind the lead railcar as the train arrived at Crum Lynne Station at about 5:48 p.m., right before the fire. After stopping at the station, the train ...

Hours before the fire, officials said an engineer reported the train being "sluggish and not getting up to speed, and that a fault light on the train was on." ...

A "strong burning smell" was reported in the lead railcar at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia about an hour before a SEPTA Regional Rail train with about 325 passengers caught fire at Crum Lynne ...

Less than an hour before the Feb. 6 fire in Delaware County, the engineer reported a “strong burning smell," but the train was allowed to continue, the NTSB said.