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Cityrail apologises for the delay, but the train along-side us is on fire

Last night 18th September, at around 10pm, the train had stopped at Summer Hill and not moved for a ong time. I could smell burning. Eventually I heard the announcement" "Cityrail apologises for the delay, but the train along-side us is on fire." I couldn't see any flames or smoke, so I didn't take any pictures. Some passengers wanted to leave immediately, and some wanted to stay and wait for more announcements. Eventually, just as we were about to give up and leave, the doors closed and we moved on to Ashfield. I'm sure if you phone Cityrail they'll be delighted to tell you what happened to the train on fire.

About the author: Ian Woolf lives in Sydney, has a degree in Applied Science, worked as a solar astronomer, software engineer, systems programmer, webmaster, research assistant, Cisco CCNA tutor, Physics laboratory demonstrator, Computational Theory lecturer, and subject coordinator; while changing his career to freelance writing and broadcasting. Listen to Ian on the Diffusion radio science show on radio 2SER 107.3FM Monday at 6:30pm in Sydney or streaming audio on www.2ser.com, or listen to the Diffusion podcasts. You should follow me on twitter, here