Burning rubber smell and scraping noise reported on train at Powell, San Francisco CA
Fire & ArsonA passenger on a train at Powell Street reported a loud scraping noise and a strong burning rubber smell from one car. Investigators checked the train and platform but found no smoke or unusual odors. The issue may originate from electrical components near the tracks rather than the train itself. Missing panels on the train's platform side were also noted.
Audio|Source: Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) - Rail Operations
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Transcript:
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Well, I just got a report from a passenger.
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This is train 379 at Powell Street 1.
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A car 40-78 on the left side of the car.
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A really loud scraping noise and really strong burning rubber smell.
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Okay, 7-9, you have a clear board.
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Tangle 34, Tangle 1.
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A for them.
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See it.
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Stand for. Did you see anything? Was everything normal coming into the station?
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Can you head down the platform one?
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Copy. Yeah, she said it didn't, like,
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produce any smoke.
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It just smells really bad and it's making a scraping noise.
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229, ready for roads.
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379, go ahead and take your release.
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You had a Tech-Hivik.
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Bring 229 in-road manual on the S2 track to S-O-7-Ga-Alpha.
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229, in-road manual.
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Run the S2 track to S-O-7 alpha.
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Train 229, re-backed to S3K2 with code 0029.
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Central, this is the event.
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Train 100, permission for a whistle release.
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And 3-4101-379 at Powell reported 407-8 grinding noise and our burning rubber smell.
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It has a clear board.
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Let me know if you hear anything or see anything when it comes in.
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Copy. Oh,
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100, your whistle's approved.
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Have a good evening.
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Tempour, thank you.
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Train 379, Powell and Central.
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Go ahead. Also, I just got negative intercom contact from car 4401 again.
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Stand for. I'm about to take my release.
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Thank you.
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501 Civic Center 2 Central.
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Right.
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Let me know if you see anything unusual as you enter into Powell, please.
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Good for, I gotcha.
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Thank you. Cool.
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Central 501 at Powell.
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Nothing to report,
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I don't see any odors or nothing to track point, nothing unusual.
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Thank you so much, 501.
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Okay. Okay.
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Central train three stone nine approaching Civic Center one.
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I got an update from the passenger.
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Instead it sounded almost like it was in the wall, sparking.
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I'm thinking maybe it's a third rail thing and not a train thing.
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And just confirm you did say the person reported the sound from the left side of the train?
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Yes, she said it was coming from the left side of the train, like outside of the train, but she could smell the rubber burning.
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inside it was really bad, she said.
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Okay, and in your direction of travel, third rail is on the right-hand side, correct?
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Tangle 134, low problem, farm on the platform.
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Yeah, I think it was on her left though, so that's why she was saying it.
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379, hold position, Rebecca.
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Three-seven-nine holding in position.
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I still do have a clear board.
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Your Rebecca's correct, 033.
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We're going to have the tech check everything on your train.
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Copy, can you look at the collector's platform side for 407.8? Let me know if the paddles or fuses are up there.
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Copy. Copy in 3707A?
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659 ATL.
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Thank you.
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4078. It should be in the middle, fifth from the trail, fifth and leaps.
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Coffee, do you pace how the operator is hold on?
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Yeah, he's on a hold there.
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Central 918 is ready for dispatch on Concord Transfer 4 with 9.
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My lead is 3024.
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918 on 4.10-4.
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4-07-8 missing panels on the platform side.
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Got B, what number is that?
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Even number, 2 and 4.
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Copy, just one or both? Both.
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Can't 4. Do you clear work?
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Uh, how long?
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Yeah, TFA.
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And Central 373, the party is Civic 2,
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no smoke or anything like that witnessed across the platform.
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Location mentioned:
Powell Station, San Francisco, CA 94102
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