Train Catches Fire in Sihanoukville

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Cambodia News, (Preah Sihanouk Province): Lieutenant Colonel Oung Vuthy, Prey Nob District Police Inspector, said that a train caught fire in the early hours of this morning, at 3:10 am on February 25, 2022, on the railway line in Boeung Veng village, Veal Renh commune, Prey Nob district, Preah Sihanouk province.
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Prey Nup District Police Inspector continued that the train that caught fire belonged to ROYAL RAILWAY type BB-1061 transporting diesel fuel from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, driven by Oun Lin Win, male, 31 years old, train driver.

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The fire did not cause any danger to people and nobody was hurt; there was only damage to the locomotive and the electrical system in the train. At the time of the incident, the fire truck of the Prey Nup District Police Inspectorate also intervened to help put out the fire.
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Those trains are a national disgrace.
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DankSinatra wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:40 pm Those trains are a national disgrace.
Have you ever heard of British Rail?
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DankSinatra wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:40 pm Those trains are a national disgrace.
At least there are some trains now!
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Now?

They've been crashing and burning for years...This isn't new
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What I don't get is, managing a track system like they have in Cambodia with close to no trains on the tracks, is no rocket science. But they still manage to have biweekly accidents.
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Bluenose wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:05 pm
DankSinatra wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:40 pm Those trains are a national disgrace.
At least there are some trains now!
Freight trains never stopped during COVID, only the passenger ones.
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timmydownawell wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:52 pm
Bluenose wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:05 pm
DankSinatra wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:40 pm Those trains are a national disgrace.
At least there are some trains now!
Freight trains never stopped during COVID, only the passenger ones.
I'm not referring to Covid, I'm talking about the total lack of any trains around 10 years ago.
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mannanman wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 2:18 pm
DankSinatra wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:40 pm Those trains are a national disgrace.
Have you ever heard of British Rail?
Hasn't existed for over 20 years. Now the private sector get the subsidies, then screw it up until they go bust whereupon their routes return to public control (Network Rail). They seem to run more efficiently without having to pay dividends and so they sell them off again.

British genius :facepalm:
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timmydownawell wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:52 pm
Bluenose wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:05 pm
DankSinatra wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:40 pm Those trains are a national disgrace.
At least there are some trains now!
Freight trains never stopped during COVID, only the passenger ones.
Haven't they started the passenger routes yet? What are they waiting for?
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