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The following is a quote from the Trains.com newswire:
That's a shame, mostly because I rode behind 651 back in June.WASHINGTON, D.C. - A locomotive fire on Amtrak’s Washington, D.C. to Boston train No. 66 about 20 miles east of New Haven, Conn., disrupted service on part of the Northeast Corridor Friday.
Engine No. 651, an HHP-8 electric with an eight-car train, lost power at Madison, Conn. at 5:42 a.m. when a voltage-sensing transformer on its roof caught fire. The crew of Connecticut Department of Transportation (CDOT) local train No. 1627 pulled alongside to assist in extinguishing the small blaze. Amtrak dispatched AEM7 electric locomotive No. 938 from New Haven to take over the crippled train, which arrived in Boston 3 hours late.
The incident caused three other Amtrak trains to be from 5 to 38 minutes late and impacted seven CDOT trains.