NEW CARROLLTON - Amtrak traffic was halted for about two hours this morning just north of Washington, D.C., after a locomotive caught fire at the New Carrollton station.
Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole said smoke and a small engine fire was discovered on a train traveling from Washington to Boston this morning. Cole said there were no injuries and about 40 passengers got on another train and continued on their way.
Prince George's County fire department spokesman Mark Brady said the fire was reported around 6 a.m. and it took firefighters about an hour and half to put out what...
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