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How Does A Train Spontaneously Catch Fire?

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Depends. Could be a defect in the car. Possibly electrical. Was it running under catenary or pulled/ pushed by a diesel locomotive? Something may have failed earlier that had the potential to suddenly break out into a fire. But did any passengers relate smelling smoke?
Fire investigators and SEPTA personnel and perhaps NTSB will figure it out.