A SEPTA train had a "strong burning smell" before catching fire in Delaware County and forcing passengers to evacuate, ...

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 ...

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

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.

A "strong burning smell" was reported in the lead railcar at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia about an hour before a SEPTA Regional ... Crum Lynne Station in Ridley Park last month, federal ...

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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." ...