On Saturday evening, about seven o’clock a goods train travelling on the down slow line close to Castlethorpe was observed to be on fire, and was at once stopped. The fire was found to be in some wagons laden with creosoted sleepers. About four or five of the wagons got fully alight, the materials being of a most inflammable nature. The engine and part of the train were detached and as there was not an abundant supply of water in the vicinity, the fire had to burn itself out. The smoke and flames were most intense, and the heat thrown out made it impossible for anything to pass for quite two hours, traffic being absolutely stopped. The Irish boat train was kept waiting upwards of an hour and a half in Wolverton Station, and the train, due at Northampton at 7.[00] did not reach there much before 9.30. The up expresses were equally delayed but within an hour and a half the down fast line and the up slow were made available, the two inside sets of rails alone being useless. The permanent way on which the wagons stood caught fire, and was soon a mass of flame. The Bletchley breakdown service brought to the scene, and after some hours work traffic was restored. Fortunately, it being Saturday night some of the usual trains were not running, but the goods traffic was subject to a considerable amount of delay.